{"id":5796,"date":"2024-07-05T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2024-06-29T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T22:25:12","slug":"there-is-a-father-beyond-the-great-lake-whom-you-must-not-forget-know-that-you-are-always-present-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5796","title":{"rendered":"THERE IS A FATHER BEYOND THE GREAT LAKE WHOM YOU MUST NOT FORGET; KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS PRESENT TO HIM"},"content":{"rendered":"

My dear Fr. Faraud, there is a father beyond the great lake whom you must not forget; know that you are always present to him, whatever the distance which separates you from him, not only at the holy altar where each day he offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the family and all the members of which it is composed but during the day\u2019s routine and in the frequent conversations wherein the names of his children, their ministry, their strenuous labours and all the good they do never cease to be present to his memory and on his lips.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Twenty-five year old Henri Faraud had begun his theological studies in Marseille, but was then sent as a scholastic to Canada in 1846. He continued his theological studies while learning some of the indigenous languages and was ordained a priest a year later. He was to spend the rest of his life working with the First Nations peoples and to be ordained as Bishop of Athabaska-Mackenzie.<\/h3>\n

[…] Adieu, my dear son, may the Lord pour his most ample blessings upon you, on your brothers and on your holy ministry. May he render you ever more worthy of your sublime vocation and heap upon you spiritual consolations in recompense for the trials that you endure for His glory and the salvation of the souls He has redeemed with His precious blood. I bless you likewise with all my soul.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Henri Faraud in Canada, 10 May 1848, EO I n 95<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Eugene’s reminder of his spiritual fatherhood was a constantly expressed throughout his life. Today I believe that those words are still true for each of us, members of his charismatic family: “there is a father in heaven whom you must not forget; know that you are always present to him.” May we never forget that he intercedes for us.<\/h3>\n

St. Eugene de Mazenod, pray for us.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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