{"id":173784,"date":"2025-07-01T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=173784"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:56:59","slug":"revving-up-the-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/revving-up-the-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Revving up the Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"173784\" class=\"elementor elementor-173784\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63572ad1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63572ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b6ecba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13b6ecba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Dear Friends in Christ,<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>July 1 is the feast day of St. Jun\u00edpero Serra, the Franciscan priest who established missions in California, beginning in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Canonized in 2015, he was nonetheless vilified by recent critics who claim he mistreated native peoples.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always a tricky business to apply 21st-century standards to 18th-century figures. Cultures change, and what can seem acceptable in one generation might appall a later one.<\/p>\n<p>That isn\u2019t a plug for moral relativism. Rather, it\u2019s a reminder that historical figures need to be viewed in context. The Church certainly did that in the case of Jun\u00edpero Serra and found his life to be exemplary.<\/p>\n<p>Amid countless challenges, including physical ailments, he managed to build missions whose churches stand to this day.<\/p>\n<p>He, like all saints, should prompt us to ask: What are\u00a0<em>we<\/em>\u00a0doing to build the Church?<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo, in a recent video message to his native Chicago, assured young people that they can be beacons of hope.<\/p>\n<p>That is a message all of us can take to heart. The Holy Spirit desires to enkindle love and faith and hope in countless souls, but he wants the collaboration of those of us who are already blessed in so many ways.<\/p>\n<p>Signs are growing of a new interest in religion. After years of pandemics and wars and social media nastiness, many people, including the young, are searching for something more humane, more fulfilling \u2014 and finding that religion has something to offer, after all.<\/p>\n<p>A religious revival of sorts could be on the horizon. Now is the time for us to pitch in. For a dose of inspiration, our Retreat Guide on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/sitting-in-the-side-pew-a-retreat-guide-on-saint-elizabeth-ann-seton-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Sitting in the Side Pew)<\/a>\u00a0might help.<\/p>\n<p>St. Elizabeth, like St. Jun\u00edpero, accompanies us in the here and now to help us follow their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n<p>Father Edward McIlmail, LC<br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ask-a-priest\/\">Ask a Priest contributor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends in Christ, &nbsp; July 1 is the feast day of St. Jun\u00edpero Serra, the Franciscan priest who established missions in California, beginning in San Diego. 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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\/173784","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=173784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173784"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=173784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}