Dear Adelaide, How\u2019s the weather over there?\u00a0 I would tell you how it looks here, if I could see it.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t let me out of this windowless office space for I don\u2019t know how long.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 I offer it up for your and all your cousins \u2013 maybe my little bit of suffering can make up for what my eloquence lacks. You mentioned that the Catholic group you started last year has dwindled somewhat.\u00a0 Instead of decrying the spiritual laxity of your fellow students, I think you should rather look to yourself for the cause of stultification.\u00a0 Everyone needs Christ, and he satisfies every human heart.\u00a0 Therefore, if your activities are not attracting people, it may be because you are simply not presenting Christ and his marvelous doctrine in an effective way.\u00a0 The case reminds me of today\u2019s saint. Aidan was one of the great Irish monks who founded monasteries in Scotland (and everywhere else, eventually) after the epoch of St Patrick.\u00a0 At the time, a Christian (St Oswald) came to the throne of Northumbria (northern England), and asked the Irish monks to send someone to help his pagan people embrace the true faith.\u00a0 They sent a rather gruff fellow, thinking he would be tough enough to meet the challenge, but he failed miserably.\u00a0 When he got back to the monastery, he attributed his lack of success to the unruliness of the English people.\u00a0 Aidan piped up by saying that it was the monk\u2019s fault, not the people\u2019s; they needed the milk of mild doctrine, and he had tried to shove solid food down their throats.\u00a0 Everyone was impressed with Aidan\u2019s prudence, so they nominated him to take up the mission.\u00a0 King Oswald gave him the bishopric of Lindisfarne, which became the center of Aidan\u2019s activity and a longstanding source of holiness for all of northern England.\u00a0 Aidan traveled throughout the kingdom, always on foot, serving the poor, building churches, and speaking plainly and convincingly to the people about the wonders of Christ\u2019s Kingdom.\u00a0 His preaching benefited from his many miracles, and soon the obstinate natives were won over to the sweet yoke of Jesus. You must meet your classmates where they\u2019re at, my dear niece, if you want to help them move closer to the Lord.\u00a0 Of course, doing that requires humility, of which you need a refill, if I may be blunt. Sincerely, Uncle Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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