{"id":193802,"date":"2026-03-03T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=193802&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=193802"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:44:14","slug":"the-sheen-of-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-sheen-of-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sheen of suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"193802\" class=\"elementor elementor-193802\" 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><strong>Dear Friends<\/strong><b>,<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Holy See\u2019s recent announcement that paves the way for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen will likely fuel interest in the many YouTube postings of his <em>Life Is Worth<\/em><em> Living<\/em> TV series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These shows from the 1950s and 1960s, which drew vast numbers of Catholic and non-Catholic viewers alike, were models of apologetics and evangelization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheen\u2019s wit and wisdom and commanding screen persona were a potent mix that, for those with ears to hear, made Catholicism more understandable and (for some) less threatening. One of his famous aphorisms regarded suffering. One of the greatest tragedies, he used to say, was that so much pain went to waste. By that, he meant that people failed to see that they could offer up their suffering for something good, such as reparation for their sins and for the conversion of others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a lesson he learned from the example of Our Lord. For Jesus\u2019 passion and death is what brought the redemption of mankind. Lent is a fitting time for us to embrace a bit of the cross of Christ and to embrace sacrifices in reparation for our sins and the sins of others. In this way, we help to fill up \u201cwhat is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church\u201d (Colossians 1:24).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To better appreciate the value of sacrifice in this Lenten season, consider praying with the help of our retreat guide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-widows-might-a-retreat-guide-for-lent\/\">The Widow\u2019s Might<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing how to give a spiritual dimension to suffering can go a long way in helping the world see that even lives full of challenges are worth living.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Christ,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Father Edward McIlmail, LC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask a Priest contributor<\/span><\/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, &nbsp; 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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\/193802","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=193802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193802"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=193802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}