Dear Maggie,<\/p>\n
I only have a minute (they just got some new truth-drugs in and they are dying to try them out on me; it\u2019s a shame they won\u2019t like the results \u2013 they\u2019ll think I\u2019m lying, as they always do, because the real truth is that I am not what they think I am, so under the truth-drug influence I\u2019ll just keep giving them the same answers as always\u2026 oh well), but I don\u2019t want to wait even one day to answer your last note.<\/p>\n
You should most definitely NOT take a role in a movie that promotes the view that homosexuality is equally valid as heterosexuality.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t be so against it if the movie merely raised the issues or promoted a more mature understanding of the difficulties faced by people with same-sex attractions, but in good conscience, can you really put your talents at the service of something that will further deceive gays into thinking that the \u201cgay lifestyle\u201d will be a source of interior peace and fulfillment?\u00a0 You know it\u2019s not true, so how could you be party to propagating the lie?\u00a0 I know it\u2019s an incredible opportunity, and it could be a huge step up for your career, but are you willing to take that step by walking over the deluded misery of the people affected by the movie?\u00a0 You need to refresh your priorities, so take a look at today\u2019s saints.<\/p>\n
St Crist\u00f3bal was a shepherd boy who felt called to the priesthood.\u00a0 Before and after ordination, his love for Christ turned him into a tireless apostle, coming up with project after project to improve the lot of his poor Mexican countrymen.\u00a0 He helped found schools, a newspaper, catechism centers for children and adults, carpentry shops, and an electric plant to power the mills.\u00a0 He worked intensely with the indigenous people and brought them together with the townspeople to form agrarian cooperatives.<\/p>\n
And when the revolutionary government began suppressing religious activities, he didn\u2019t blink an eye.\u00a0 He opened up a clandestine seminary when they closed the non-clandestine one, and when they found him out and shut him down, he opened up another.\u00a0 Then the same thing happened again and he opened up another.\u00a0 He was convinced that without well-formed priests, the work of the Church would never be able to survive the bloody persecution.<\/p>\n
Finally, the government had had enough, and they arrested him along with one of his former seminarians, St Augustin Caloca, and executed them in a firing squad without a trial.\u00a0 Before the execution he distributed his belongings among the soldiers and gave them all absolution.\u00a0 He was one of 25 Mexican martyrs canonized by Pope John Paul II during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.<\/p>\n
He could have told himself that because of the many good works he was doing he didn\u2019t need to risk his life by continuing the formation of future priests in seminaries, but he knew that one compromise would soon lead to another, and then another, and the cause of Christ would be betrayed.\u00a0 Take courage, my dear niece, and don\u2019t compromise.\u00a0 God will take care of you if you trust him.\u00a0 Gotta go.<\/p>\n
Your devoted uncle,<\/p>\n
Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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