{"id":5828,"date":"2024-08-23T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5828"},"modified":"2024-08-13T06:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:13:38","slug":"let-us-always-have-only-god-in-our-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5828","title":{"rendered":"LET US ALWAYS HAVE ONLY GOD IN OUR SIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

By early March the Oblates had arrived in Algeria. The agreement with the Bishop was that they live in community with the responsibility of caring for the parish in Blida as their base for missionary outreach and to care for the religious services for the hospital. The Bishop, however, did not respect this agreement and they had to take up residence at the town gate and were to look after seven scattered villages which had no churches. They set up a chapel for their services which was open to the public. This chapel ministry drew the hostility of the local parish priest.<\/h3>\n

The Missionaries were angry with the Bishop, but Eugene encouraged them:<\/h3>\n

One must never forget the deference due to a Bishop even when one has a complaint about him.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I am finishing in haste, in case I miss the post. Farewell, then, my dear Father, do not let yourself be bowed down by any contradiction, do not precipitate matters through an only too justified feeling of anger brought about by the injustices you are suffering. You know the advice the Apostle gives us on this subject, he who suffered so much from all sides and in all ways. Let us always have only God in our sight, and he will come to our help. Is it not already a fine compensation that you have been able to do good work at Boufarik and in the villages of our colonists!<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Farewell, farewell, I send you all my most affectionate greetings.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Jean Viala in Algeria, 5 March 1849, EO IV n 6<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

When things go wrong for us and our expectations are not met, Eugene’s advice is salutary: focus on God with confidence and rely on God’s help.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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