{"id":5741,"date":"2024-04-01T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5741"},"modified":"2024-03-29T23:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:18:27","slug":"for-two-hours-i-have-been-writing-to-the-four-corners-of-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5741","title":{"rendered":"FOR TWO HOURS I HAVE BEEN WRITING TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The busy Bishop of Marseilles was constantly interrupted and had to struggle to make time to do what he loved the most: communicate with the members of his Oblate family. He was particularly concerned about the welfare of the younger Oblates as they began their ministry.<\/h3>\n

Father Joseph Arnoux had been ordained four months earlier by Eugene, who fondly recognized his good qualities. He was to prove himself as a dedicated missionary in France, and later in the Anglo Irish Province.<\/h3>\n

I am grateful to you, my good and dear Father Arnoux, for having excused my silence and for having given me again the consolation of receiving another of your letters before I could answer yours. Overburdened by debts like that I owe you, I closeted myself in today while all the others are at Vespers, and for two hours I have been writing at my ease to the four corners of the globe. I resolved not to postpone yours to another day because you are near and it appears easier to accomplish at such a short distance. Experience proves that I often depend on my good will as an excuse, and that I expose my children who are waiting for an answer to the temptation of accusing me of negligence. You are not capable of such injustice. I must only be more eager to give you evidence of my thanks for your good remembrance and of my tender affection for you.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. Joseph Arnoux, 20 August 1848, EO X n 985<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Eugene, who considered himself the father of his religious family wrote: \u201cA father\u2019s communication with his many children\u2026 that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life.\u201d Through his letters he expressed what Russell M. Nelson described:<\/h3>\n

“No, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.”<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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