Must a bishop damn himself rather than trouble them about holding on to abuses that he is obliged in conscience to reform? One simply cannot show them too much displeasure over this brandishing of shields on their part! Oh! how necessary it is to have a Visitation! One is taking place at just now and the bishops who are making it, in the name of the Pope, are certainly keeping close watch, nothing escapes them. I see that in lieu of rest from the fatigues of my long journey, instead of tasting the sweetness of repose a while amongst my friends, I will have to take up arms immediately to defend us from the encroachments of Presbyterianism. It has been shown that any concession for the sake of appeasement is ruinous and will result in nothing less than the destruction of principles, and that these people do not have either the generosity or enough sense to appreciate acts of kindness, or to take into account the overtures that have been made only too often. Adieu, I embrace you and all our members with all my heart. Charles Joseph Eugene, Oblate of Mary. Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII Roman Diary 1825-1826 March 11, 1826 10, 11: A few errands for our business matters. Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII Roman Diary 1825-1826 March 12, 1826 12: I said mass at the home of the Ladies of Saint Denis whose Superior, Madam Baudemont, was Superior; Madam Baudemont, was Superior of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart at Amiens when I said my first mass in their church on Christmas Eve 1811. A useless visit to Bishop Capaccini. This afternoon, I attended an instruction in the French , given by the Abbé Spada. I was very pleased with it. Noble delivery, purity of style, precision, exactitude, order, piety, emotion, continually at the level of the least instructed of his listeners, whom he taught and encouraged to do good. I very much regret that this is the last of the preparatory talks for Easter; I would certainly have gone back to . Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII
Must a bishop damn himself rather than trouble them about holding on to abuses that he is obliged in conscience to reform? One simply cannot show them too much displeasure over this brandishing of shields on their part! Oh! how necessary it is to have a Visitation! One is taking place at just now and the bishops who are making it, in the name of the Pope, are certainly keeping close watch, nothing escapes them. I see that in lieu of rest from the fatigues of my long journey, instead of tasting the sweetness of repose a while amongst my friends, I will have to take up arms immediately to defend us from the encroachments of Presbyterianism. It has been shown that any concession for the sake of appeasement is ruinous and will result in nothing less than the destruction of principles, and that these people do not have either the generosity or enough sense to appreciate acts of kindness, or to take into account the overtures that have been made only too often. Adieu, I embrace you and all our members with all my heart. Charles Joseph Eugene, Oblate of Mary. Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII Roman Diary 1825-1826 March 11, 1826 10, 11: A few errands for our business matters. Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII Roman Diary 1825-1826 March 12, 1826 12: I said mass at the home of the Ladies of Saint Denis whose Superior, Madam Baudemont, was Superior; Madam Baudemont, was Superior of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart at Amiens when I said my first mass in their church on Christmas Eve 1811. A useless visit to Bishop Capaccini. This afternoon, I attended an instruction in the French , given by the Abbé Spada. I was very pleased with it. Noble delivery, purity of style, precision, exactitude, order, piety, emotion, continually at the level of the least instructed of his listeners, whom he taught and encouraged to do good. I very much regret that this is the last of the preparatory talks for Easter; I would certainly have gone back to . Roman Diary Oblate Writings XVII
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