[Sundaycommunity] René Fumoleau

[Bill Wright]

Thk you, Dean.  Inspirational, simple and of the natural / wild.
Bill.

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM Jean Leahy via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Dean. I love this little piece from Rene Fumoleau. Jean
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM Tina Neves via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Dean
>> Yes, very good!
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 12:49 PM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings to all.
>>>
>>> While reflecting on the themes of advent - faith, hope, love & joy - I
>>> remembered some thing I read many years ago, written by an Oblate priest
>>> missionary … René Fumoleau. I couldn’t help but reflect on the audacity
>>> and trust of those three “wise men” who set out to follow a star not really
>>> not knowing where they would be led or what they would find. I hope you
>>> enjoy the reflection below.
>>>
>>> Advent blessings…
>>>
>>> Dean.
>>>
>>> [image: image1.jpeg]
>>>
>>>
>>> Born in France in 1926, René Fumoleau came to Denendeh (Northwest
>>> Territories) as a young priest in 1953. Travel to Rádeli Kóé (Fort Good
>>> Hope) involved a long boat journey down Dehcho (the Mackenzie River) into a
>>> new world.
>>>
>>> Through all of the years, his attachment to the Dene peoples deepened.
>>> He celebrated the strength of their ancestral wisdom and committed himself
>>> to their desire for change.
>>>
>>> René Fumoleau served first as an Oblate priest (and eventually
>>> incardinated into the Diocese of Mackenzie) in Northern Canada where he
>>> lived for more than sixty years. Fumoleau was also a poet and published a
>>> collection of his works reflecting on all he had learned during his time
>>> among the Dene people.
>>>
>>> *Truck lights.*
>>>
>>> Winter time and very cold,
>>> early afternoon but already dark.
>>>
>>> I’m driving from Yellowknife to Fort Rae in my 15 year old pick-up truck,
>>>
>>> and a Dene elder asked me for a ride.
>>>
>>> The land has taught the Dene
>>>
>>> to live in a world of silence.
>>>
>>> After ten kilometres, Kolchia reflects:
>>>
>>> “Driving the truck is like having faith in God.”
>>>
>>> I’m trying to figure out what he means, but, after two kilometres I give
>>> up:
>>>
>>> “Grandpa, you talked about driving and faith in God.
>>>
>>> I’m not sure what you meant.”
>>>
>>> Kolchia turned slightly towards me:
>>>
>>> “You started the engine and you put the lights on. We could have said:
>>>
>>> ‘We see only one hundred metres ahead.
>>>
>>> Further on, it’s one hundred kilometres of darkness, so we cannot go to
>>> Fort Rae.’
>>>
>>> But you got the truck in gear,
>>>
>>> we started to move,
>>>
>>> and the lights kept showing ahead of us.
>>>
>>> Must be the way with God too
>>>
>>> who shows us only a bit of the future,
>>>
>>> just enough for our next move.
>>>
>>> If we are afraid and if we stand still,
>>>
>>> we’ll never see further ahead.
>>>
>>> But if we go with the little light we have,
>>>
>>> the light keeps showing us the way on and on.”
>>>
>>> “*Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things
>>> not seen.*” Hebrews 11:1
>>>
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