Tag Archives: Cross
GOING DEEPER … THE VULNERABILITY OF THE CROSS
Eugene wrote to Fr. Courtes in Aix on how to behave towards the Archbishop of Aix and any requests that came from the Archbishop concerning chaplaincy of a boarding school. Don’t you think, my dear Courtès, that it is unwise … Continue reading
GOING DEEPER AND BEING A PART OF THE “BOTH AND”
I again spent time this morning with Eugene’s April 27, 1835 letter to Bishop Frezza, Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Affairs in Rome as he wrote about his reflection on what we now refer to as the Icosia affair. … Continue reading
GOING DEEPER WITH MORE TO PLACE AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
In a letter to Bishop Arbaud of Gap Eugene finds it necessary to once again to defend the Oblates and Fr. Guibert at Notre Dame de Laus. “I had hoped that further reflection would soften the extensive rigor of your … Continue reading
GOING DEEPER ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY
“It calls for an act of virtue on my part to hold myself back, for I do not forgive his insolent lack of respect for my status as Bishop; the four fruitless visits I made him as a priest I … Continue reading
GOING DEEPER AND LAYING MYSELF BEFORE GOD
In Eugene’s continuing retreat notes he writes: “The best thing is to abandon myself to God to apply myself specially to consider what is going to be done in me by virtue of the Most High, and the obligations I … Continue reading
Going Deeper 