” “Does modern man still wait for eternal life, "or does he think it belongs to an outdated mythology?": the question was asked, yesterday morning, by Benedict XVI as he reflected on the celebration of All Saints’ Day and the commemoration of the dead, before introducing the Angelus prayer. "In this day and age, more than in the past, we are so engrossed in earthly things commented the Pope that sometimes we find it hard to think of God as a protagonist of history and even of our life". But human life, by its very nature, added the Holy Father, "is intent on something bigger, that will transcend it; in man the aspiration to justice, to truth, to full happiness is irrepressible". In addition, "before the enigma of death, many people feel a lively desire and hope to find their beloved ones in the afterlife" and deeply "believe in a last judgement that will restore justice, expecting a final confrontation in which everyone will be given one’s due". "Eternal life", explained the Pope, means for us Christians "a new quality of life, fully engrossed in God’s love, which saves us from evil and makes us enter in endless communion with all the brothers and sisters who partake of the same Love".” “
