Eugene continues to reflect on community and how each member is to be committed to it. He uses the concept of \u201chouse\u201d in the sense not of a physical building, but of the place where the community takes a form.<\/p>\n
\nOne must moreover be greatly attached to the house. He who considers it only as a hotel through which he passes will never do anything good in it. One must be able to say like St. Thomas: “haec requies mea” <\/strong>[ed Ps. 131, 14: It is ever my place of rest; I will dwell there…]<\/em>\u00a0 for the whole of one\u2019s life.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
I see that communities where this spirit is important are the ones which do the most good and where one lives the most happily. <\/strong><\/h5>\n
May God give us the grace to be imbued with this truth and let us neglect nothing to instil it in our young people.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Henri Tempier, 12 August 1817, O.W. VI n. 20<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene continues to reflect on community and how each member is to be committed to it. He uses the concept of \u201chouse\u201d in the sense not of a physical building, but of the place where the community takes a form. … Continue reading