SAINT OF THE DAY
WITH UNCLE EDDY
Navigating today’s world is tough and all of us could use a nudge in the right direction. Figuring out the right path to take at work, college, or in social situations is not always easy. Looking to the lives of the saints can give us the insights we need.
Written by Fr. John Bartunek, LC, Uncle Eddy’s Saint of the Day is a fictional series of letters written by a man who has been imprisoned for the Catholic Faith. Using the saints of the day as examples, Uncle Eddy pens a daily letter with spiritual advice to his many nieces and nephews.
St Albert the Great
Dear Alice, I do so hope you are able to take a break from your grueling work in the lab and get a chance to read this before midnight; today is the feast day of your patron saint, my dear niece, and you ought to do something special in his honor. Don’t be confused; I know that you are not named after Albert the Great, but do you know that he is patron of all students of the natural sciences? And since your biochemistry fetish still qualifies as a natural science, he is your patron. There you have it. I ...
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St Melania the Younger
Dear Melanie, I always used to make a little retreat on New Year’s Eve – go off for a few hours to a quiet chapel or convent and reflect on the past year. I would thank God for all his many gifts, his blessings, his great patience with me, and ...
St Anysia
Dear Ann, As always when I write to you, I feel that I can bare my heart and will be fully understood. You have always had the gift of compassion, for which I am grateful, but at the same time, I foresee that this gift will cause you much pain ...
St Thomas Becket
Dear Tom, Congratulations! To be honest, I am not surprised – any businessman in his right mind would snatch you up for a summer internship at the drop of a hat, hoping, of course, to woo you onto the team permanently. Even so, you must be pleased to have landed ...
The Holy Innocents
Dear Ingrid, I just read the e-newsletter you sent me with the article about your work with the pro-life student union. Quite commendable. I hope and pray that God grants you much success. I was a bit miffed by the interview beneath the article, however; the tone of the pro-life ...
St John the Evangelist and Apostle
Dear Jean, Having received no greeting from you in quite a while, I can’t help wondering if you may be slipping a bit. Especially during vacation and all – usually, we tend to revert to self-indulgence, laziness, and old patterns of interpersonal roughness, especially with family members. If on the ...
St Stephen
Dear Stephanie, I was sad to receive your note yesterday. It must make your heart sore to see your dad stay at home when everyone else goes to Mass. But you mustn’t let it discourage your own pursuit of holiness. No heart is so hard that the fervent prayers and ...
The Martyrs of Nicomedia
Dear Nick, I hope you are so enraptured by the heavenly delights of today’s celebrations that you don’t get a chance to read this until later. But on the off chance that you find yourself surfing on Christmas, there are two things worth thinking about today (actually many more than ...
St Tharsilla and St Emiliana
Dear Emile, How good of God to let us celebrate another Christmas Eve! For some reason, reflecting on the great mystery of Christ’s incarnation, and on his birth in that cold cave in Bethlehem so long ago always makes me think of heaven. Perhaps it’s because Jesus had to leave ...
St John of Kanty
Dear Jon, I hope you’re doing your best to avoid those typical family squabbles that so easily erupt when everyone is home for Christmas. I used to hate them so – of course, now I don’t have to deal with them at all, while I would probably prefer to! In ...
St Chaeremon, St Ichyrion, and other martyrs
Dear Karen, I only have a minute – a new series of “exercises” is being demanded of me, and I wanted to get this out to you today, in honor of your namesake. I promised to do some research into the fellow but still have come up with nothing more ...
St Peter Canisius
Dear Pete, You’ll probably be reading this in the airport, as you wait to board your long flight home for the holidays. I have been reading over the various items you sent me throughout the last semester. It was a hard one for you, no doubt. But I think some ...
St Ammon and Companions
Dear Amelia, Unless I am mistaken, you have your last exam today and will be on the afternoon train home for Christmas break. I am confident that you will do just fine on your exam (you always do), but I am less confident that you will do equally well on ...
