{"id":5769,"date":"2024-06-04T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5769"},"modified":"2024-06-02T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T18:10:29","slug":"my-dwelling-as-well-as-the-hearts-of-all-our-people-will-be-thrown-open-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5769","title":{"rendered":"MY DWELLING, AS WELL AS THE HEARTS OF ALL OUR PEOPLE, WILL BE THROWN OPEN TO YOU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aftermath of the 1848 Revolution had dramatic consequences for Pope Pius IX who was threatened by violent upheavals. Eugene wrote to him:<\/h3>\n

If I could only ease for an instant the burden of the Church\u2019s sorrows which press so heavily upon Your august head!<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

He then made a concrete proposal to the Pope:<\/h3>\n

I make bold to recall that France has often been an asylum for persecuted pontiffs. Even as captives, in recent times, when impiety ruled the country, they were hailed triumphantly with every step they took. Today, perhaps more than ever, especially at Marseilles, the people would lavish the most touching proofs of veneration and love upon the vicar of Christ; they will feel that, by setting foot upon their shore he will reinforce the ground that has been shaken by revolution; he would be like a symbol of salvation to them, like an angel of peace and hope. They would feel that the Lord has, so to speak, appeared in person to protect them and fortify them against the wicked. I need not tell you that my dwelling, as well as the hearts of all our people, will be thrown open to you.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Bishop de Mazenod’s letter \u00a0to Pope Pius IX, 3 July 1848, quoted in Leflon III p. 250-251.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Pope Pius was not in a position to accept this invitation. At the same time, Bishop Eugene wrote a pastoral letter to his diocese asking his people to be united with the Pope and to pray fervently for him.<\/h3>\n

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

“The Pope is the visible Head of the Church, and fully represents Jesus Christ, whose Vicar he is, while the others, equally appointed by God, have their share, albeit in a lesser degree, in this sublime representation of the Sovereign Shepherd of souls. The same principle that obliges Christians to love their Divine Saviour in his Church, obliges them to a supernatural attachment to the Supreme Pontiff and to the other bishops who, being in communion with him, are both his sons and his brothers in the apostolate.”<\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene’s Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of Marseilles, 16 February 1860.<\/h3>\n

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