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WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DEATH!
In 1819, Paulin Castellas, a member of Eugene’s Youth Congregation died. For a while he had lived with other Aix students in the house of the Missionaries. Eugene’s reflection on this young man’s life was written in the Diary of … Continue reading
THE IDENTITY OF THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY: AWARENESS OF IMPERFECTION AS A MEANS OF GROWTH
Eugene’s relationship with God was such a powerful source of life for him that he wanted to bring as many people as possible to share in his same vision and experience. In a letter to someone who was thinking about … Continue reading
AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY: A CELEBRATION OF GROWTH
In our chronological journey through the writings of Saint Eugene, we had reached the 1st of November 1818, the day that the Missionaries of Provence made vows in accordance with their new Rule of Life. Then for several weeks, we … Continue reading
THE BE-ATTITUDES: THE QUALITIES NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE
Situations vacant! I conclude these reflections on the 1818 Rule with the picture that Eugene gives of the qualities required in a prospective candidate to the Missionaries. He has to have a great desire for his own perfection, an unlimited love … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: THE LITMUS TEST OF OBLATION
Why have a demanding program of personal and spiritual growth? The answer is provided in a threefold goal, which occurs hundreds of times in Eugene’s writings because he insists that it must be kept in mind constantly: “the glory of … Continue reading
NOTA BENE: DRESSING HIS MISSIONARIES FROM HEAD TO TOE
“It is only after having dressed his missionaries from head to foot in this solid armor of virtue that Bishop de Mazenod allows himself to say to them: then, full of confidence ….” YENVEUX, A. Les saintes Règles de la … Continue reading
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KEEPING ALIVE THE IDEALS OF DESTROYED MONASTERIES
Around the year 415 AD John Cassian had established the first monastic complex in Western Europe in Marseille – a concept that was to inspire Benedict to do likewise in the following century. The Provençal Eugene would have been justly … Continue reading
A PRAYER FOR REALISM
On the eve of engaging myself in a great commitment for the rest of my days, I enter into myself… Thus begins Eugene’s journal for the day prayer in preparation for the oblation for life he was to make as … Continue reading
NEVER ABANDONING THE SALVATION OF THOSE WHOM JESUS CHRIST REDEEMED WITH HIS BLOOD
Reviewing the Diary of the Youth Congregation, Eugene wrote about the 28 month gap in keeping the diary up to date. I assigned a congregant to make a note of the principal events so that at the first free moment … Continue reading
UNLESS COMMITMENT IS MADE, THERE ARE ONLY PROMISES AND HOPES
For the sake of completion I reproduce here the text of the act of commitment that each young person professed and signed on the day of his definitive acceptance as a member if the Youth Congregation. ACT OF CONSECRATION We, … Continue reading