En ce jour de l’anniversaire de la mort de Francois Leclézio, décédé le 13 Aôut 1851 a l’Ile Maurice, cette pensée est dédiée à tous les membres de la famille Leclézio qui souffrent pour quelques raisons aujourd’hui ou n’importe quand, n’importe comment et n’importe où…
Toi qui souffre, saches que, qui que tu sois, où que tu sois:
Leclézio, tu es le sang de notre sang.
Et quand une créature de notre sang souffre,
Toutes les créatures de notre sang souffrent avec toi.
Sans ta souffrance, je souffrirais déjà moins dans ce monde.
Mais avec, par et en ta souffrance, je souffre davantage de te voir souffrir.
Alors, tout notre sang le sent si fort que tout notre sang entame ta souffrance!
Sens moi, avec ou sans toi et ta souffrance et ressens alors tout ce que notre sang souffrant sens un peu plus ou un peu moins.
Décides alors de cesser de souffrir et de faire tous ceux de ton sang souffrir avec toi.
Demandes à notre ancêtre d’intercéder pour toi.
Qu’il souffle là où tu souffres, là où nous souffrons tous par, avec et en toi.
Joins ton souffle au sien.
Souffles ta souffrance vers Dieu.
Car Lui seul est capable de dissiper toutes nos peines au-delà des plaines.
Ressens alors Son amour, Sa paix et Sa joie couler en notre sang à tous.
Laisses enfin la couleur de notre douleur passer d’un ciel noir et menaçant a un ciel d’azur combien plus accueillant.
Thank God, thank Francois for setting an example. Long before the world thought globally, Francois recognized the importance of being at least bilingual on the globe. After the British conquered Mauritius, Francois personally developed an English dictionary for his children while he also taught them English grammar!
Leclézio, do you feel better already?
Is it not amazing what our ancestors can and indeed will do for us if and when we choose to remember them?
Therefore, pray that over the next 155 years your descendants may be at least as numerous as Francois’ are today. Remember how one of Francois’ grand sons took to heart God’s command: “Go… Multiply…” Henry did in deed. Thus Henry and Jenny were abundantly blessed with seventeen children!
Pray also that some of your descendants in the year 2161 will still cherish their catholic faith as much as Francois did from his baptism day in 1771 and as much as some of his descendants still do today! Then, just as we pray to Francois today to intercede for us, let us hope that likewise some of our descendants will pray for and or to us 155 years from now!
Leclézio descendants: We must always remember who are our ascendants?
“They are that multitude of invisible souls interceding for us as we in turn pray and join them in praising the eternal Glory of God in the infinity of time.”
“Thank You dear Lord for the gift of our life, for all those who have passed that gift from You to us and bless all those to whom we may be called to pass on that gift to in the future.”
Blessed be Francois Leclézio.
Toi qui souffre, saches que, qui que tu sois, où que tu sois:
Leclézio, tu es le sang de notre sang.
Et quand une créature de notre sang souffre,
Toutes les créatures de notre sang souffrent avec toi.
Sans ta souffrance, je souffrirais déjà moins dans ce monde.
Mais avec, par et en ta souffrance, je souffre davantage de te voir souffrir.
Alors, tout notre sang le sent si fort que tout notre sang entame ta souffrance!
Sens moi, avec ou sans toi et ta souffrance et ressens alors tout ce que notre sang souffrant sens un peu plus ou un peu moins.
Décides alors de cesser de souffrir et de faire tous ceux de ton sang souffrir avec toi.
Demandes à notre ancêtre d’intercéder pour toi.
Qu’il souffle là où tu souffres, là où nous souffrons tous par, avec et en toi.
Joins ton souffle au sien.
Souffles ta souffrance vers Dieu.
Car Lui seul est capable de dissiper toutes nos peines au-delà des plaines.
Ressens alors Son amour, Sa paix et Sa joie couler en notre sang à tous.
Laisses enfin la couleur de notre douleur passer d’un ciel noir et menaçant a un ciel d’azur combien plus accueillant.
Thank God, thank Francois for setting an example. Long before the world thought globally, Francois recognized the importance of being at least bilingual on the globe. After the British conquered Mauritius, Francois personally developed an English dictionary for his children while he also taught them English grammar!
Leclézio, do you feel better already?
Is it not amazing what our ancestors can and indeed will do for us if and when we choose to remember them?
Therefore, pray that over the next 155 years your descendants may be at least as numerous as Francois’ are today. Remember how one of Francois’ grand sons took to heart God’s command: “Go… Multiply…” Henry did in deed. Thus Henry and Jenny were abundantly blessed with seventeen children!
Pray also that some of your descendants in the year 2161 will still cherish their catholic faith as much as Francois did from his baptism day in 1771 and as much as some of his descendants still do today! Then, just as we pray to Francois today to intercede for us, let us hope that likewise some of our descendants will pray for and or to us 155 years from now!
Leclézio descendants: We must always remember who are our ascendants?
“They are that multitude of invisible souls interceding for us as we in turn pray and join them in praising the eternal Glory of God in the infinity of time.”
“Thank You dear Lord for the gift of our life, for all those who have passed that gift from You to us and bless all those to whom we may be called to pass on that gift to in the future.”
Blessed be Francois Leclézio.
Francois Leclézio, arrived in Mauritius in 1792 from Brittany. He is buried at ‘Le Cimetiere de l’Ouest’. There, looking at the inscription on the massive solid granite sepulcher, I was transported far from the individualistic society we presently live in.The inscription read: ‘Famille Leclézio’. That said much about who our ancestor was. Francois, the pioneer of the family did not attach much importance to his personal name or his individual fame. To him, we are all one family. Therefore one word: Family, one name: Leclézio spells it all!
We are one on earth. We are one in heaven. We are one between heaven and earth. How so foreign that concept is to modern culture! In no way did Francois’ sepulcher convey the typical American message: “I am #1! This is my life!” Instead it said: Family is #1! We are one! This is our life! Our life with one another on earth! Our life as one family with God in heaven!
Now some one hundred and fifty five years later, as we pray for our pioneering ancestor ‘Francois Leclézio’, I realize that his spirit has survived over more than a century because of his founding principle of unity. How long will our self-centered modern mentality endure? Does it in fact ensure our insignificance not only vis-à-vis our neighbor but also our irrelevance over time?
As Francois’ patron saint, saint Francis wrote in the 1200s: “It is in giving that we receive…” From Francois we received one concept, one family in one word: Leclézio. May we keep it whole! May we remain undivided! May we as one family pray for unity all over the world! Amen.
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I appreciate you taking the time to share our ancestry and I pray that our descendants are at least as numerous as those of Francois Leclezio. I believe we have a good start and I pray that God continues to bless our family with children.
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