Dear Al,<\/p>\n
OK, OK, I get the picture.\u00a0 You\u2019re making good money, but the company you have to put up with in the factory isn\u2019t made up of moral giants.\u00a0 You can always quit, you know, and find a job elsewhere.\u00a0 But I think that should be a last recourse.\u00a0 From what you describe, it\u2019s not as if they are actively trying to get you to join in their despicable carousing, they are just vilifying you for being a coherent Christian.\u00a0 And that, my courageous young nephew, is a good thing.\u00a0 \u201cBlessed are you when they persecute you\u2026\u201d our Lord said.\u00a0 Maybe you can draw some encouragement and inspiration from today\u2019s saint, whose fidelity under fire bore wonderful fruit.<\/p>\n
Alban lived in Britain during the late Roman Empire, when the religious persecution under Diocletian was devastating the Christian community all throughout Europe and the Middle East.\u00a0 He was a soldier, and an upright Roman citizen.\u00a0 Out of simple human decency, he gave shelter to a persecuted priest, whose example of virtue and convincing conversation soon converted him to the Christian faith.<\/p>\n
At that point he begged the priest to change clothes with him in order to procure the prelate\u2019s safety.\u00a0 The exchange was made, and sure enough, soon afterwards Alban was apprehended for being a priest and ordered to renounce the Christian faith.\u00a0 He wouldn\u2019t.\u00a0 And so he became Britain\u2019s first martyr, soon followed by two others: his would-be executioner (who was converted on the spot by Alban\u2019s courage and eloquence and consequently refused to follow through with the execution) and the priest he had sheltered, who heard that Alban had been taken in his place and rushed to the judges to procure the latter\u2019s freedom.\u00a0 All three martyrs are buried together, near the Cathedral named after St Alban.<\/p>\n
So you see, if you can keep your heart focused on Christ and hold up under a little bit of mockery, like St Alban, you may find that God will be able to work some miracles through you too, for the benefit of his Kingdom and the salvation of your coworkers\u2019 souls.<\/p>\n
Your loving uncle,<\/p>\n
Eddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Al, OK, OK, I get the picture.\u00a0 You\u2019re making good money, but the company you have to put up with in the factory isn\u2019t made up of moral giants.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":145992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3719],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-142500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncle-eddy"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n