{"id":5681,"date":"2024-02-01T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2024-01-30T01:52:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:52:44","slug":"1848-the-dawn-of-the-republic-in-marseilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5681","title":{"rendered":"1848: THE DAWN OF THE REPUBLIC IN MARSEILLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene had lived through two vicious revolutions in France (1789 and 1830) and it was understandable that the population was afraid that this revolution, which had established a Republic, would turn violent too. He wrote in his diary about the situation in Marseilles, where a mob had turned to violence:<\/h3>\n

Our excellent population rose in force, so to speak, to suppress the disorder which a mob, bribed or greedy to loot, wanted to perpetrate at the dawn of the Republic. During the past night, they stormed the mayor’s house, smashing all the windows and damaging the facade; they also broke all the windows of the courthouse and the city hall, as well as a large number of lampposts. But a national guard was formed by honest people, and these badly-intentioned people were constrained. On the night of Saturday to Sunday 28th, they were forced to content themselves with going around town singing the “Marseillaise”. This time they passed through the rue de l’\u00c9v\u00each\u00e9, but made no demonstration in front of the bishop\u2019s house. I did not abandon my residence despite the insistence of some. I went to the cathedral church (it was Sunday of Sexagesima) and in a short while I will be administering the sacrament of Confirmation to a sick person, without the least anxiety.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Later, Eugene’s reflections on these events was to continue his everyday duties:<\/h3>\n

I return from administering the sacrament of Confirmation to my sick person. I have been touched by the demonstration of interest which was shown to me in every street through which I passed. People cried out when I passed by and they requested my blessing with an expression that made me think that these good people had been able to believe that I had been disturbed during these events.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary, 27-28 February 1848, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

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