{"id":8304,"date":"2019-08-26T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2019-08-22T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:24:04","slug":"saint-vincents-reading-list-lxvii-vincents-circle-jean-baptiste-saint-jure-s-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2019\/08\/26\/saint-vincents-reading-list-lxvii-vincents-circle-jean-baptiste-saint-jure-s-j\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Vincent\u2019s Reading List: LXVII Vincent\u2019s Circle: Jean-Baptiste Saint-Jure, S.J."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saint_-Jure S.J., Jean-Baptiste. Meditations sur les plus grandes et plus importantes veritez de la foy. Rapport\u00e9es aux trois Vies, Purgative, Illuminative, & Virtue Et dressees pour les Retraits Spirituelles.<\/em> Par le R.P. Jean Baptiste Sainct Jure Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus. a Paris Chez l Veuve J. Camusat Rue St. Jacques, \u00e0la Toyson d\u2019or\u00a0 et Pierre Petite, au Palais 1644.\u00a0 \u00a0 SpC. 242 S143m1644<\/a><\/p>\n

In a conference given in Paris on April 26, 1643, to the Daughters of Charity, on the theme of \u201cUnion within the Community,\u201d[1]<\/a>\u00a0 Vincent de Paul noted: \u201cToday, I was talking to a good priest, Fr. Saint-Jure, who is very devout;[2]<\/a> he composed those beautiful meditations that we read aloud.\u201d[3]<\/a>\u00a0 Vincent told the sisters that he had asked this author: \u201cHow is it that, in Communities, although all the members have the same desire to serve God and the same will to work at their perfections, slight dissensions still arise.\u201d\u00a0 Saint-Jure replied to Monsieur Vincent: \u201cIt\u2019s like this Monsieur, rustic people take offense far more easily than those who are intelligent and refined.\u00a0 The simplest means to keep them in peace is to accustom them to reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The founder reminded the sisters of their and his own shared rustic origins and counseled: \u201cYou must remember that\u2026when you are annoyed with your Sisters, be sure that it\u2019s not usually for the reason you imagine, but because of your frame of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jean-Baptiste Saint-Jure was born in Metz, France in 1588 and died in Paris in 1657.\u00a0 He entered the Society of Jesus in 1604 and served in a variety of leadership positions in the Society. He also proved to be a successful spiritual director for nuns, a unique role for a Jesuit. In his lifetime, he was one of the most celebrated religious writers among the d\u00e9vots in France.\u00a0 Among his most popular works is the present volume: \u201cMeditations on the greatest and most important truths of the faith\u2026\u201d <\/em>first published in 1637.\u00a0 This edition appeared in 1644.<\/p>\n

Reading these simple, straightforward meditations on the mysteries of the faith one can immediately see how they would have earned Vincent\u2019s personal approval, and their place on his list of recommended spiritual texts. In this instance, we also are reminded of Vincent\u2019s intimate network of friends, acquaintances, and collaborators among the spiritual elite who joined him in leading the spiritual and structural reform of the French Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Coste, CCD<\/em>, 9:78-92.<\/a><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> This is very high praise coming from Vincent de Paul.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Reading aloud at community meals was customary in both the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saint_-Jure S.J., Jean-Baptiste. Meditations sur les plus grandes et plus importantes veritez de la foy. Rapport\u00e9es aux trois Vies, Purgative, Illuminative, & Virtue Et dressees pour les Retraits Spirituelles. Par le R.P. Jean Baptiste Sainct Jure Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus. a Paris Chez l Veuve J. Camusat Rue St. Jacques, \u00e0la Toyson d\u2019or\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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