{"id":5822,"date":"2024-08-16T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2024-08-12T02:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T00:21:43","slug":"patience-in-everything-is-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5822","title":{"rendered":"PATIENCE IN EVERYTHING IS NECESSARY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Realizing that the Bishop had misinformed them about the true situation, Fr. Telmon and his companions lost heart. Eugene consoled them with the bigger picture:<\/h3>\n

In founding the house of Pittsburgh in the United States, you are laying the foundations of a new province but you must act with moderation, without prejudice, without passion, not yielding unhesitatingly to optimism but neither assuming a pessimistic attitude, a detestable disposition with which one can in no way be enterprising and can achieve no good.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr. Adrien Telmon in Pittsburgh, 5 November 1848, EO I n 105<\/em><\/h3>\n

Fr Telmon was unable to act with moderation and without passion leading Eugene to write in his diary:<\/h3>\n

Letter from Fr. Telmon. Ever unpleasant in complaints and discontent. Nevertheless, it’s a wonderful mission which was just entrusted to him in Pittsburgh. It is true that the two companions whom the bishop of Bytown gave to him are not good for very much. As well, Telmon is obliged to do everything, but why show so much horror? The establishment of Pittsburgh might become very interesting. Patience in everything is necessary<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 10 December 1848, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

Fr. Telmon did not heed this advice and was to make a decision on his own accord that would have wide-ranging consequences for the Church in the USA. But more of this later\u2026<\/h3>\n

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

“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”\u00a0\u00a0 Paulo Coelho<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Realizing that the Bishop had misinformed them about the true situation, Fr. Telmon and his companions lost heart. Eugene consoled them with the bigger picture: In founding the house of Pittsburgh in the United States, you are laying the foundations … 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-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","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=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}