{"id":5766,"date":"2024-06-03T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T20:03:28","slug":"one-has-to-be-generous-to-help-those-who-suffer-persecution-for-the-sake-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5766","title":{"rendered":"ONE HAS TO BE GENEROUS TO HELP THOSE WHO SUFFER PERSECUTION FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In earlier entries we reflected on the effects of the 1848 Revolution in France and in Marseilles in particular. It was a revolution that had far-reaching consequences throughout Europe and especially for the Church, as Eugene noted in his diary:<\/h3>\n

Confirmation and ordination in my chapel. Again it is some Jesuits whom I have ordained. It’s indeed necessary to take them away from the atrocious persecution which is being brought to bear on them in Piedmont, in Genoa and in Sardinia.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary 20 October 1848, EO XX1<\/em><\/h3>\n

The biographer, Rey, explains:<\/h3>\n

“Since Holy Saturday, he had had a daily reminder of the trials endured by the Sovereign Pontiff and the Church. Jesuits driven out of Rome, hunted down in Upper Italy by military laws which subjected seminarians and religious not yet in Holy Orders to military service, flocked to Marseille where their Superiors presented them for Ordination. Almost every day, Mgr de Mazenod had to exercise his lofty ministry as Bishop: “It is a just kindness to have for persecuted religious”. And he added with a smile: “Now the ordination prayers are part of my morning prayer”. (Rey II p.274)<\/h3>\n

Later we read in Eugene’s diary:<\/h3>\n

Ordination in my chapel; it’s another young Jesuit who has to be made sub-deacon, deacon and priest within the week. It’s a bit awkward, but one has to be generous to help those who suffer persecution for the sake of justice.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary 22 May 1848<\/em><\/h3>\n

Among the fugitives welcomed by the Bishop of Marseilles was the Superior General of the Jesuits and his collaborators. It was a mark of the gratitude Eugene had for the contribution in his life of the heritage of St Ignatius and the Jesuits.<\/h3>\n

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

“Christians have always dissented through history… and inevitably, when persecution of free speech comes it always comes against the people who have the religious absolutes, because that’s what threatens people’s freedom to sin. So we’re always going to be the culprits.” (John MacArthur)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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