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Dear Jill,<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, there\u2019s no use complaining. \u00a0You hurt your knee, you had the operation, and now you\u2019ve got to recuperate. \u00a0It\u2019s going to take time. It will be painful, probably. And most likely you\u2019ll miss the whole volleyball season. \u00a0Those are the facts, my dear niece, and there\u2019s no use in trying to change them.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can understand why you feel a bit depressed about them. \u00a0But, can I be frank? If you let those feelings of depression take over, you\u2019ll be acting like a pagan. \u00a0As a Christian, you know that the God in charge of your life is loving and all-powerful. He\u2019s even more interested in your happiness than you are (I know, that\u2019s hard to fathom, but it\u2019s true). \u00a0So if he permitted this disturbance in your plans, there must be a reason. Knowing you as well as I do, I would venture to say that the reason is plain enough. He wants you to learn the lesson that today\u2019s saint learned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Giles came from a wealthy, aristocratic family. \u00a0He grew up in Greece, and put his considerable natural talents to work in pursuit of holiness. \u00a0It seemed he was pretty successful. While still young, he became known for his learning and his piety. \u00a0And when his parents died, he showed that his virtue was more than a mere fa\u00e7ade, using his inherited fortune to serve the poor. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By then, his fame and popularity were making life a bit difficult. \u00a0He really wanted to pursue prayer, silence, and sacrifice, to be dedicated completely to the contemplation of God. \u00a0But honors and recognition wouldn\u2019t leave him alone. Finally he moved. He went to France and found a cave to live in. \u00a0There he was able to focus on God. He lived off wild herbs and deer\u2019s milk, and spent several years in solitary prayer, learning the wisdom that only God can teach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually he was discovered, however, when the king\u2019s hunting party chased a doe into his cave, where the frightened creature sought protection from its pursuers. \u00a0They shot an arrow into the thorn bush that hid the opening of the cave, but instead of hitting their quarry, they hit Giles, right in the leg. The saint begged them to leave him to heal alone, but the king would have none of it. \u00a0He allowed the saint to stay in the cave, but insisted on attending to him and his needs. And that was the end of his solitude. From then on his fame spread once again \u2013 needy souls flocked to him for guidance and for the miracles that spread in his wake. \u00a0Eventually the king built a monastery nearby and made St Giles abbot. A town grew up around the monastery, a place where the poor could find respite.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s plan was to make Giles a fountain of light and grace for a whole generation of suffering, needy people (in eighth-century France life was short, hard and unstable). \u00a0But Giles had to take some time to be with God in order to fill up his spiritual reservoir so that the plan could come to fruition. I can\u2019t help thinking that your current situation, with the surprise interruption in your oh-so-busy schedule, is God\u2019s way of inviting you to give him a bit more attention, so that his plan for your life will be sure to unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your loving uncle, Eddy<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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