The 1816 retreat notes were written in the notebook in which he kept all his previous retreat notes (cf Oblate Writings XIV and XV). Today the word \u201cjournalling\u201d is used for this type of spiritual exercise.<\/p>\n
Eugene notes the direction of his growth.<\/p>\n
\nI have gone over, in the silence of this kind of unplanned retreat, not only what is written above, which has brought back to mind the good sentiments the Lord has not ceased to give me and of which I have never profited as I should, but I have read too the resolutions I took in my various retreats, and especially those taken in Amiens, when I was preparing myself for the priesthood, and those taken in Aix in my subsequent retreats. I have read at the same time M. Emery\u2019s resolutions and a few works calculated to make me really re-enter into myself.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Retreat Notes, July-August 1816, O.W. XV n 139<\/em><\/p>\n
He reflects on the importance of keeping track of his progress:<\/p>\n
\nI must often re-read what I wrote in Amiens, with the regret that I did not continue as I began. And as I experience a very great profit from this method, I will never fail, in my retreats, to put in writing at least some of the good thoughts God in his goodness gives me and the resolutions I make during these happy interludes.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Retreat Notes, July-August 1816, O.W. XV n 139<\/em><\/p>\n
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The 1816 retreat notes were written in the notebook in which he kept all his previous retreat notes (cf Oblate Writings XIV and XV). Today the word \u201cjournalling\u201d is used for this type of spiritual exercise. Eugene notes the direction … Continue reading