Dear Maura,<\/p>\n
I have to say something that won\u2019t be pleasant for you to hear.\u00a0 Look, you need to remember that your work for the Catholic Student Center is not about you.\u00a0 It\u2019s about Christ.\u00a0 And if someone else has come around who is doing a great job, you don\u2019t need to feel threatened by it.\u00a0 You ought to be glad about it.\u00a0 On a purely natural, human level, that\u2019s hard.\u00a0 But you don\u2019t live on a purely natural, human level.\u00a0 You are a Christian, and you live a supernatural life.\u00a0 Today\u2019s saint was actually faced with a similar situation.\u00a0 Maybe he can shed some light on things for you.<\/p>\n
Saint Maurontius was a Frankish nobleman.\u00a0 He was raised at the court of King Clovis II, where he was groomed for greatness.\u00a0 When his father died, he inherited the lordship of the important French city of Douai, and a bunch of other wealthy estates.\u00a0 As an eligible bachelor, he easily found an eligible lady, and was engaged to be married.\u00a0 But then his plans changed\u2026<\/p>\n
He was at church listening to a sermon by the renowned Bishop Amandus.\u00a0 The bishop was speaking passionately about the dangers of becoming too attached to the pleasures of the world.\u00a0 The sermon pierced Maurontius\u2019s heart.\u00a0 That same day he decided to join a monastery that his mother had founded.\u00a0 Thus he dedicated himself to storing up treasures in heaven.\u00a0 He eventually founded another monastery on his property at Douai, where he welcomed and cared for St Amatus, who had been banished by King Theodoric II for making the king\u2019s life uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
Maurontius soon recognized that Amatus was the holier man.\u00a0 In fact, he learned so much from him that he stepped down as prior and put St Amatus in charge of the very monastery that Maurontius himself had founded!\u00a0 Later he took up the reins again, after Amatus died.<\/p>\n
The lesson is clear, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 If we are truly pursuing Christ and his Kingdom, there is no room left for jealously or envy, but only for generosity and emulation.\u00a0 That should help you identify what\u2019s really going on in your soul.\u00a0 Now all you have to do is respond as the true Christian that you are.<\/p>\n
Your loving uncle,<\/p>\n
Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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