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Dear Sally,<\/span> Believe me, my very dear niece; I know what you are going through. Between swim training, working 2 jobs, and an active (plus, I hope, healthy) social life, keeping God on the radar screen is no small challenge. \u00a0Our Lord too understood this: \u201cThe world will give you trouble,\u201d he warned, but then he added, \u201cbut take courage, I have conquered the world.\u201d (John 16:33) He is the first one interested in giving meaning to all of your endeavors and staying close beside you every step of your adventurous life. \u00a0I know that you know this. But I detect that you have lost sight of the secret to making it a reality. I will remind you (that\u2019s what solitarily confined uncles in far away prisons are for, didn\u2019t you know?): the Eucharist. My dear niece, Jesus Christ became a man many hundreds of years ago in order to bring his divine light and love into our very living rooms. \u00a0The Eucharist, that same true presence of Christ, body, blood, soul, and divinity is nothing less than the extension of that incarnation into the living rooms of all times and places. It was the secret to the remarkable life of today\u2019s saint, and it ought to be the secret to what will certainly be your remarkable life.<\/span> Cyril became bishop of one of the most important cities of the ancient world \u2013 Alexandria, Egypt. \u00a0Founded in the fourth century BC by Alexander the Great (Alexander loved naming cities after himself), it had become an intellectual and economic powerhouse of Mediterranean civilization. \u00a0Along with Jerusalem, Rome, Antioch, and (a bit later) Constantinople, it was one of the great Patriarchates of the early Church. The bishop of Alexandria was a big dog, so to speak, and had a lot of pull. \u00a0Cyril used that pull to defend Christian truth against one of its most vicious attackers: Nestorianism. Nestorius was a benighted monk-priest who became bishop of Constantinople. Unfortunately, he began touting the idea that Jesus Christ was really two separate persons: Jesus the human being, whose human nature was inhabited by Jesus the Son of God, as someone inhabits a house, or a god makes himself present in a temple. \u00a0Of course, if that teaching were true, then the whole edifice of Christian doctrine (the incarnation, Mary\u2019s divine motherhood, the atonement, the redemption, etc.) would collapse like a sand castle at high tide. Cyril challenged Nestorius, contacted the Pope, and presided over a Church Council (in Ephesus in 431) in order to root out the insidious doctrine. He ended up being thrown into prison for a time, but was eventually vindicated, and the heresy was defeated.<\/span> The point I wanted to make was that St Cyril\u2019s heroic (and inspired) defense of Christ\u2019s true personhood (one divine person in two natures), derived in great part from his profound devotion to the Eucharist, which he also defended at great length. \u00a0If Christ the God-man is the fulcrum of human history (which he is), then the Eucharist (his sacramental presence throughout history) ought to be the fulcrum of every human life, yours included. Spending 15 minutes a day with the Lord who loves you and waits for you in the Tabernacle will \u2013 I guarantee it \u2013 transform the entire fabric of your busy and frazzling routine. \u00a0Thirty minutes would be even better. Gotta go.<\/span> Love, 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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