{"id":5855,"date":"2024-09-25T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:08:42","slug":"all-i-ask-is-that-you-never-write-me-when-greatly-perturbed-by-some-opposition-or-other-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5855","title":{"rendered":"ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU NEVER WRITE ME WHEN GREATLY PERTURBED BY SOME OPPOSITION OR OTHER DISTRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the local superiors outside France are only obliged to write to me every three months, I shall be very glad to hear from you more often.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

All I ask is that you never write me when greatly perturbed by some opposition or other distress. You can see the disadvantage. It could be that the next day your pain will dissipate, while I, who will share it, will suffer for a month. I have often been caused much sorrow by failure to avoid falling into this error.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I would also wish that all exaggeration be avoided. One must always see questions under their different aspects, speaking to me dispassionately, keeping in mind the good of souls and the true interests of the Congregation. Then I need to be made aware of the issues in such a way that I can grasp them as if I were on the spot.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Jean Baudrand in Canada, 30 September 1849, EO I n 124<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Here we sense the frustration of the Founder who needed to be put in the picture of every mission so that he could be a guide and animator according to the charism God had given him. He had to wait one month for letters to arrive from eastern Canada and a month for his reply to reach them.<\/h3>\n

His advice of allowing oneself to calm down before saying or writing something after an emotional confrontation or disappointment makes a lot of sense. How often have we regretted our words or reactions the next day when we have calmed down.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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