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 Laurence O’Toole
Dear Larry, Do I detect an air of surprise in your last note? But why are you surprised? Are you the first to be spoken badly of by the very people you are trying to help? Hardly. If they are trying to brand you “arch conservative” and “homophobic” and “misogynist” and “hypocritical” simply because you are doing what you can to get the Church’s teaching aired in that relativism-infested atmosphere on campus, that’s par for the course. “Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and speak all kinds of evil against you on my account…” (Matthew 5:11), ...
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St Philip Neri
Dear Pippin, As you go to start off your summer job, I beg you to keep one thing in mind: God has a plan for your life. He has a mission that he is hoping you will accomplish, that he created you for. If you fulfill it, you will achieve ...
St Cristóbal Magallanes Jara and St Augustin Caloca
Dear Maggie, I only have a minute (they just got some new truth-drugs in and they are dying to try them out on me; it’s a shame they won’t like the results – they’ll think I’m lying, as they always do, because the real truth is that I am not ...
St David I
Dear Dave, In the grand scheme of things, your decision to go to law school is less important than you think. Actually, let me rephrase that. Your DECISION (the simple fact that you have finally DECIDED on a course of action) is quite important. Our free will as human beings ...
St Ivo of Chartres
Dear Yves, You won’t like me saying this, but I’m your uncle, so I have to say it anyway. Your most recent editorial endeavor has probably pleased the devil more than Christ. Now, now, don’t get your gander up. This is just a bit of constructive, avuncular criticism. The problem ...
St Rita of Cascia
Dear Marguerite, I have to admit that your last note caught me by surprise – not in a bad way, mind you. It’s just that I wasn’t expecting your boyfriend to propose marriage just yet, though I like his style: proposing on graduation day. He obviously has a sense of ...
St Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod
Dear Chuck, So you’ve finally chosen a major, or should I say two majors? Political science and International Relations cover just about everything, so I am sure you have a tantalizing smorgasbord of classes to choose from. But even so, I’d be willing to bet they don’t teach you much ...
St Ethelbert
Dear Ethel, How adolescent of you to stop believing in miracles. Just because you are entering the ranks of the world’s great scientists (though I do hope you remember that you are entering at the LOWER ranks, ahem…) doesn’t mean you have to embrace their embarrassing foibles. It is unreasonable ...
St Crispin of Viterbo
Dear Chris, All right, maybe you don’t have the mind of Aristotle, the body of Hercules, or the voice of the Muses, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything for Christ’s Kingdom. I am constantly amazed at the lack of imagination shown by my nieces and nephews these days. ...
St John I
Dear Jack, I have been praying for you daily. I am glad to hear that everything is set for your entry into the seminary – sometimes the Devil makes a last ditch effort to dissuade young men who have heard the call from following through on their decisions. It’s nice ...
Bl Antonia Mesina
Dear Tony, Without a doubt, winning membership in Phi Beta Kappa as a junior is commendable. But I have to tell you that I am not surprised. Just remember amid your glee that your extraordinary intelligence and the good study habits that are allowing it to flower are due not ...
St John Nepomucene
Dear Polly, Some things, my bright young niece, are more important than promotions. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad you have been offered such a wonderful job right out of college. You certainly deserve it, and that company probably doesn’t realize what a jewel they are getting. But as ...
St Dymphna of Gheel
Dear Dina, Your notes never fail to uplift me. You are unique among my nieces. None of them has been given such a cross as our Lord has seen fit to give you, and few of them bear their crosses with as much faith and love. I am truly sorry ...
