Tag Archives: Obedience

GOING DEEPER AND LIVING IN THE FREEDOM OF OBEDIENCE

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Eleanor Rabnett

  August 1, 1835 Eugene wrote to his uncle, Bishop Fortune de Mazenod who was the Bishop of Marseilles.  He badly wanted to be able to return to Aix Marseilles so as to be in the thick of it with … Continue reading →

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GOING DEEPER … AND NEEDING ONLY TO LOVE

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Eleanor Rabnett

We hear more about what it is like for St. Eugene and those Oblates in Marseilles during the Cholera epidemic.  Eugene writes on March 10th, 1835 to Fr. Courtes in Aix. “My dear Son, the demands made on us increase … Continue reading →

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GOING DEEPER … AND ENTRUSTING MYSELF TO THE BENEVOLENCE OF THE CHURCH

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Eleanor Rabnett

In November 1834 Eugene wrote to Cardinal Thomas Bernetti, Secretary of State in Rome, in response to a letter from Rome to cease and desist any actions against the French government, this would include trying to clear his name and … Continue reading →

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GOING DEEPER WITH OBEDIENCE

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Eleanor Rabnett

“. I exhort you in advance to moderation and prudence… for you need both.[…] Does conscience require one to forsake one’s special task to embrace another, however better it be in appearance? […] No my dear friend, that is not … Continue reading →

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GOING DEEPER INTO PRAYER WITH AND FOR OUR LEADERS

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Eleanor Rabnett

In a letter written to Brother Saluzzo on December 8, 1831 Eugene wrote an obedience to Saluzzo asking him to reflect on his vocation. So I consent to your leaving Billens, to your separating yourself from […] whose very company was … Continue reading →

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