{"id":5787,"date":"2024-06-25T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2024-06-22T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T17:03:14","slug":"i-raise-my-voice-in-the-midst-of-the-church-and-i-want-it-to-resound-throughout-the-whole-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5787","title":{"rendered":"I RAISE MY VOICE IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH AND I WANT IT TO RESOUND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF FRANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was often said that Eugene’s heart was as big as the world. His vision extended beyond the borders of France and even beyond his missionaries in several continents so as to be in unity with the universal Church. As Bishop of Marseilles he invited his people to respond to the needs of suffering Catholics in various troubled parts of the world. The typhus epidemic in Canada was one of these occasions, as he wrote to the Bishop of Montreal who had ” been plunged by the frightful sickness which has decimated your clergy and has brought you yourself within inches of death.<\/strong><\/em>“<\/h3>\n

Alone of all the Catholic bishops of the world, I take to heart your deplorable situation. Seeing you overwhelmed by the weight of adversity, it is not enough for me to express my pleas to the Lord in private. Too great is the evil in my eyes not to apply a more powerful remedy. I raise then my voice in the midst of the Church, I want it to resound throughout the whole of France in the hope of inducing by my example other bishops to do as much.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I order public prayers in the whole of my diocese. At each Mass is to be said a Collect, Secret and Postcommunion apt to arouse fervour in the most tepid soul, should such be found among my priests; the people are to be united by such prayers and of their charity they are to be moved also to implore relief from your sufferings each time the Blessed Sacrament is taken from the tabernacle to bless the multitude. My people respond to my thoughts and unite their intentions to mine, they pray with so much fervour that they obtain, I am confident, what we ask for with ardour and perseverance, at least it has been noted that not another priest of yours has died since the name of the Lord has been invoked on their behalf.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Bourget of Montreal, 12 February 1848, EO I n 93<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

“If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.” (Dalai Lama)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was often said that Eugene’s heart was as big as the world. His vision extended beyond the borders of France and even beyond his missionaries in several continents so as to be in unity with the universal Church. As … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}