{"id":3779,"date":"2022-08-29T22:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2022-08-29T22:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:06:48","slug":"heaven-and-eternal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/heaven-and-eternal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven and Eternal Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/heaven-and-eternal-life\/attachment\/eucharist-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?fit=594%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"594,596\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1592580818&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eucharist\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?fit=594%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?resize=625%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3780\" width=\"625\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?w=594&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/eucharist.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cO my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall be\u201d \u2013 St. Jean Vianney:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cOur Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him\u2014the heaven of our souls, created in his image, the living temples of the adorable Trinity.\u201d \u2013 St. Therese of Lisieux<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThere, good will shall be so ordered in us that we shall have no other desire than to remain there eternally.\u201d \u2013 St. Augustine<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cO my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall be\u201d \u2013 St. Jean Vianney: \u201cOur Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him\u2014the heaven of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-evangelization","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-YX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6785,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/the-land-of-eternal-rest\/","url_meta":{"origin":3779,"position":0},"title":"the Land of Eternal Rest","author":"monks4christ","date":"August 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cO my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! 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