{"id":6071,"date":"2025-07-23T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2025-08-03T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:01:16","slug":"bishop-eugenes-admiration-for-the-fidelity-of-oriental-catholics-in-suffering-and-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6071","title":{"rendered":"BISHOP EUGENE\u2019S ADMIRATION FOR THE FIDELITY OF ORIENTAL CATHOLICS IN SUFFERING AND PERSECUTION (C6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our love for the Church inspires us \u2026 We coordinate our missionary activity with the overall pastoral plan of the local Churches where we work, and we collaborate in a spirit of brotherhood with others who work for the Gospel<\/strong> <\/em>(Constitution 6)<\/h3>\n

The Cathedral of Marseilles, with its many Byzantine domes, demonstrates Bishop Eugene\u2019s awareness of the link between the Orient and the harbor city, founded around 2600 years ago by Greek settlers. In Eugene\u2019s time there was constant interaction between East and West because of its maritime position. Victims of war and persecution in the Middle East found refuge in the city and settled there. There was a community of Greek Catholics and of Maronite Catholics for whom he felt a pastoral responsibility to ensure that they had churches and priests of their rite to care for them.<\/h3>\n

In this context, Yvon Beaudoin wrote: \u201cthe Bishop, in addition to his pastoral duties, was responsible for many other concerns that required patience and virtues such as hospitality, compassion, and mutual aid for Catholics whose fidelity to the true faith and courage in the face of centuries of misunderstanding, struggle, and persecution he admired.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Today, in the desperate situation in countries of the Middle East let us remember Eugene\u2019s concern for the refugees and the suffering of the countries they came from. May the Oblate \u201cspirit of brotherhood with others who work for the Gospel (C6)\u201d inspire us to fervent prayer and actions for peace and aid.<\/h3>\n

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