{"id":5666,"date":"2024-01-24T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2024-01-22T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:56:19","slug":"pray-pray-often-with-fervor-even-beyond-that-which-is-prescribed-in-our-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5666","title":{"rendered":"PRAY, PRAY OFTEN WITH FERVOR, EVEN BEYOND THAT WHICH IS PRESCRIBED IN OUR RULE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous entry we saw Eugene’s reaction to the misbehaviour of young Fr. Molinari. Now he was given a second chance.<\/h3>\n

What remains to be done now? Father Magnan. full of charity for you. is agreeable to keep you in his community in the hope of using you somehow, but he counts on your docility to his advice, and I would add on your gratitude, since he cannot render you a greater service than to help you with his advice and to indicate the road you must follow. I agree then to forgive you and to confide you to this good Father, a man of good sense and of good counsel…<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene then traced for him the path to take for positive and life-changing growth.<\/h3>\n

Come back to order, my dear son, imbue yourself with the spirit of your holy state in life; ask God urgently for the gift of piety which is lacking in you. Pietas ad omnis utilis est [Ed ” I Tim 4:8 “devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future”);with devotion you will acquire all the rest and your least actions will become meritorious; put great simplicity into your obedience; beware of your ideas; guard yourself from self-complacency which is born of the pride you must protect yourself against; learn how to mortify yourself, even in the smallest things; but especially moderate yourself in the use of liquor.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Pray, pray often with fervor, even beyond that which is prescribed in our Rule. Avail yourself of the privilege of dwelling under the same roof as Our Lord Jesus Christ to visit him often, to adore him, love him and speak with him of your need and ours. Goodbye, I bless you.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. Jean Baptiste Molinari in Corsica, 10 February 1848, EO X n 965<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

” My child, do not despise the Lord\u2019s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.” Proverbs 3:11-12<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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