{"id":151496,"date":"2024-11-05T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=151496"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:44:25","slug":"eyes-on-eternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/eyes-on-eternity\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes on Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\">Dear Friends in Christ,<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">November in the global North is marked by shorter days and longer, chillier nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s also the month when the Church especially remembers the souls of the departed, as on All Souls\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And just as the cooler weather can be sobering\u2014summer is long gone\u2014so the focus on the deceased can be a bracing reminder of what awaits us all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This isn\u2019t a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For many of us who enjoy the conveniences of modernity\u2014central heating, indoor plumbing, fresh foods year-round and oodles of gadgets powered by electricity\u2014it\u2019s easy to slip into a comfortable lifestyle and live as though it will last forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yet it\u2019s precisely the awareness of our approaching death and particular judgment that should give us genuine comfort, oddly enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For deep down we sense that the system that supplies us with lots of creature comforts is built on shaky ground. We\u2019re reminded of that truth whenever the power goes out in a storm or the Internet service goes kaput.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is why a somber reminder of death can move us in the direction of real inner peace. We realize that the world will never satisfy us, so why put our hopes on it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Real peace comes from focusing on Our Lord, the only one who can fill our hearts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"react-pdf__Page__textContent textLayer\" data-main-rotation=\"0\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">If we readjust our lives to live in line with that reality, we can <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">start to achieve something resembling peace and calm. Only<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in Jesus will we find calm amid the storms of life.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"react-pdf__Page__textContent textLayer\" data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">To meditate on that truth, try praying with our Retreat Guide<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/navigating-stormy-seas-a-retreat-guide-on-jesus-calming-the-storm\/\">\u201c<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/navigating-stormy-seas-a-retreat-guide-on-jesus-calming-the-storm\/\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Navigating Stormy Seas<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/navigating-stormy-seas-a-retreat-guide-on-jesus-calming-the-storm\/\">.<\/a>\u201d <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">It can help us keep our sights on reaching the shores of a<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">happy eternity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"react-pdf__Page__textContent textLayer\" data-main-rotation=\"0\"><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In Christ,<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Father Edward McIlmail, LC<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Ask a Priest<\/span><\/a> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">contributor<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"react-pdf__Page__annotations annotationLayer\" data-main-rotation=\"0\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends in Christ, November in the global North is marked by shorter days and longer, chillier nights. 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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith &amp; Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151496"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=151496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}