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Dear Laura,<\/span> Your last note made me sadder than I have been in a long time. \u00a0Your defense of your \u201cboyfriend,\u201d as you call him (an odd name for someone who is acting as if he were courting you), claiming how upright he is, how Christian in his morals, how solid in his virtue (most evangelical Protestants are, you know; we ought to be inspired by their example on that score) \u2013 it was all quite irrelevant when you mentioned that due to his \u201csincere and heartfelt protestations\u201d (I can just imagine them) you have \u201ctemporarily stopped praying the Rosary.\u201d \u00a0When I read those words my heart turned in on itself like a black hole. My dear, dear niece, do you realize what you are doing? First, it is the rosary, then it will be confession, then Mass, then who knows what! Imagine how your mother would react if she heard such a thing! Remember, you do not live in a pro-Christian culture, let alone a pro-Catholic culture. If you let passing infatuations with good-looking beaus alter your spiritual priorities, you are setting yourself up for a tragic drama. \u00a0<\/span> Do you remember what happened on this day in 1858? \u00a0Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Jesus Christ, Son of God, appeared to a 14-year-old French peasant girl outside a tiny town called Lourdes, eighty miles from the nearest railway. \u00a0And do you remember what she did, this surpassingly beautiful but humble and modest figure dressed all in white, with a blue belt at her waist and a long rosary on her arm? She smiled, and without saying a word, invited the young girl (St Bernadette Soubirous) to pray with her. \u00a0So Bernadette took her rosary out of her pocket and began to pray it, and Our Lady <\/span>began to pray it with her<\/span>, fingering each bead as it was prayed, but not moving her lips. \u00a0And thus began the series of visions that led to the establishment of the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, site of countless miracles and to this day a place of faith-building pilgrimage for Catholics (and non-Catholics, you may be interested to know) from all over the globe. \u00a0<\/span> If nothing else, today\u2019s feast should remind you that the Catholic faith alone contains the fullness of Christian revelation, and the devotion of the Rosary, besides having been validated beyond measure by countless saints, is one of the Church\u2019s most prolific methods of prayer. \u00a0Perhaps you need to visit a holy priest or sister and ask them to refresh you about how to pray the Rosary (isn\u2019t there a discalced Carmelite convent not too far away from campus? I seem to remember there being one), or perhaps you need to do a serious examination of conscience to find out why your spiritual sensitivity is waning. \u00a0In any case, before packing away your beads, you better try to explain yourself to Mary and to Jesus \u2013 ask their advice if you don\u2019t give much account to mine.<\/span> Perhaps this has seemed harsh. \u00a0If so, it\u2019s only because I care so much about you. \u00a0The only thing I want for you is deep and lasting happiness, so when I see you forfeiting the unquenchable source of it in order to drink from \u201cleaky cisterns,\u201d as Scripture puts it (Cf. Jeremiah 2:13), it makes me boil. \u00a0Do count on my prayers.<\/span> Sincerely, your loving 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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