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

You say you have reached a \u201cspiritual plateau.\u201d \u00a0Don\u2019t bet on it. Just because you can\u2019t see any progress doesn\u2019t mean progress isn\u2019t happening. \u00a0Plants need to put down roots before they can put out flowers. Even so, you may want to do a little examination on one point that should never be missing from a serious program of spiritual work: self-mastery. \u00a0Christ himself put it nicely: \u201cIf anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.\u201d (Luke 9:23) The cross: self-denial out of love for Christ; self-conquest; abnegation\u2026 It\u2019s never fun in itself, but it\u2019s the only road to spiritual growth. \u00a0Today\u2019s saint is the perfect example.<\/span><\/p>\n

St Francis Xavier started as a young nobleman making his way to worldly glory at the University of Paris. \u00a0There he fell under the inspired influence of St Ignatius of Loyola, and became one of the seven founders of the Society of Jesus (aka the Jesuits). \u00a0He was the first of the Jesuits to be sent on foreign missions \u2013 he went with a Portuguese ship to India, where he set about reforming the degenerate faith and morals of the European colonizers and initiating the native Indians into the true faith. \u00a0For eleven years he kept a dizzying schedule: preaching, celebrating the sacraments, baptizing, catechizing, and traveling non-stop throughout India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Japan. He was St Paul come back to life. So many souls did God touch through his word and example that at times the number of baptisms he performed would temporarily cause him to lose the use of his arms through exhaustion. \u00a0He died as he waited off the coast of China, trying to convince some Chinese merchants to smuggle him to the mainland, which was closed to foreigners, so he could continue planting the seeds of the gospel. Now that famous arm, which baptized thousands upon thousands into Christ\u2019s Kingdom, is preserved in a silver reliquary in Rome, to remind the rest of us what God will do when you lend him a hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did St Francis redirect his ambition from worldly glory to everlasting glory? \u00a0It happened in two stages. The first stage involved the prayers and example of St Ignatius of Loyola, his college roommate. \u00a0Ignatius recognized Francis\u2019s great qualities, but he also saw that the future missionary was too attached to the pleasures of youth: sports, gambling, dancing, and other entertainments occupied his time and his heart to such an extent that they crowded out more substantive activities. \u00a0So Ignatius began to pray and sacrifice for his roommate. For example, one cold winter night Francis was making his way back to the dorm from some socializing, and as he crossed the bridge over the nearby river, he noticed a man standing chest high in the icy water. It was Ignatius. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d he queried. \u00a0\u201cPenance for the salvation of your soul,\u201d answered Ignatius. Other times Ignatius would simply quote the famous verse from St Matthew\u2019s Gospel and leave it hanging in the air: \u201cWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul?\u201d (Matthew 16:26)<\/span><\/p>\n

Such tactics eventually won the talented young Francis over to the cause of Christ. \u00a0But he needed another push to go further up the path of holiness. He needed to break down some ingrained habits of self-indulgence and spiritual laziness. \u00a0It was a long process, but one milestone will illustrate how it worked. Ignatius and the Jesuit founders spent some time in Venice, waiting for a ride to the Holy Land. \u00a0While they were there, they tended the sick and served the poor. Francis was especially repulsed by the lesions and wounds of the sick (hygiene was a later invention). So, did he try to avoid hospital duty? \u00a0Just the opposite: he voluntarily took the most disgusting jobs, and to overcome his abhorrence, in order to conquer himself entirely for the Kingdom, he even voluntarily increased his suffering. He was tending a man who had skin ulcers all over his body. \u00a0While he was cleaning the man\u2019s back, a wave of repugnance came over him. To resist it, he scraped some of the infected puss from one of the sores with his finger and swallowed it. From then on, he was able to bear all the hardships of a life of service without flinching.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am sorry to be so graphic, but if you can\u2019t conquer yourself for Christ, how do you expect to conquer others for Christ? \u00a0So keep working on self-discipline and self-mastery; in the end, it will soften up the rich soil of your heart so that God\u2019s garden of grace and virtue can yield a rich harvest for yourself and all those around you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson\u2019s\u00a0The Passion of the Christ\u00a0while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller,\u00a0Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scenes explanation of the film. Fr. John has contributed news commentary regarding religious issues on NBC, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. He also served as the English-language press liaison for the Vatican\u2019s 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist. His most widely known books are The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer and 60 Days to Becoming a Missionary Disciple. His most recent book is\u00a0Spiritual But Not Religious: The Search for Meaning in a Material World. Fr. John resides in Atlanta and serves as Territorial Vicar for the Legionaries of Christ. See all books, Regnum Christi Essays, Retreat Guides, posts, and online classes from Fr. 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