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April 22, 2025

El origen y la cima del liderazgo (Spanish Edition)

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¿Cómo convertirse en un líder? ¿Qué se podría esperar que haga un líder? ¿Deberían ser responsables cuando las cosas salen mal? ¿Qué es el liderazgo? Cuando pensamos en liderazgo, a menudo pensamos en demás y sus responsabilidades. Este libro trata sobre reflexionar y reconocer que estás llamado a liderar. Si algo necesita cambiar para mejorar, tú eres parte de la solución.

¿Este libro presenta conceptos seculares (es decir, que no hacen referencia a la religión) de liderazgo? Sí. ¿Este libro también comparte ideas y experiencias sobre Dios y su visión del liderazgo? Sí.

La persona humana es religiosa (trascendente y espiritual) por naturaleza. Necesitamos saber el “por qué” de la vida y el propósito de nuestro liderazgo. Esto va más allá de la ciencia empírica, que solo trata con procesos materiales pero no puede darnos ideas sobre nuestra naturaleza y propósito trascendentes. En este libro, espero unificar lo mejor de la sabiduría humana secular y las ideas de la tradición judeocristiana.

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“Ask a Priest: What If I’m Not Drawn to Charismatic Worship Anymore?”

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Q: I am in college, and it’s been over two years since I came back to the Catholic faith. One thing that helped me strengthen my faith (along with the weekly Masses, new Catholic friends, and online resources) was this Catholic charismatic group that I belong to. Over a year ago, this group held a Life in the Spirit Seminar in our chapel. That helped me encounter the Lord in a very profound way. Afterward, I regularly attended this group’s weekly prayer meeting – until a few months ago. Honestly, it feels like I got tired. I just don’t feel inclined to charismatic worship. I still do my other devotions, such as weekly Eucharistic adoration and daily rosary and Gospel readings. Recently I started praying vespers. Am I wrong for feeling this way? Am I just being lazy? – A.

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC

A: It’s good to hear that you returned to practicing your faith. Our Lord loves you dearly and wants you to take advantage of what he offers through the Church.

As for the charismatic movement: Some people feel drawn to it, some don’t. Some might find it helpful for a while, then move on.

If you are praying the rosary and vespers, reading Scripture, adoring Our Lord in the Eucharist, those are all signs that you are on the right path.

The charismatic movement helped you along that path at a crucial moment. You might be tired of that movement, but you don’t seem tired of prayer – and that, too, is a good sign.

So, stay the course. Perseverance in prayer and your growth in the virtues are sure signs of a healthy spiritual life.

A few resources that might help are Time for God, by Jacques Philippe, and the fourth part of the Catechism, on Christian prayer, that begins at No. 2558.

I hope some of this helps. Count on my prayers.

 

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The Power of Jesus’ Name

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Dear Friends,

 

It was three o’clock in the afternoon. The sun baked the stones as I stood in Ancient Magdala peering into an excavated complex. Jewish purification baths sat unused but impressively on display. This is one the first-century town’s many features that would attract an orthodox Jew to step into a Catholic run site, although that was a rare occasion.
 
The phone rang, reminding me that I was late in handing it over to our newly trained visitor coordinator. I answered it.
 
“Hello, This is Magdala. How may I help you?”
 
Silence on the other side.
 
“Hello?” I repeated.
 
“Hello,” a hesitant voice finally responded, his Israeli accent evident. “I, um, I wanted to know if, um, there is power in the name of Jesus?”
 
This has to be another prank call. Next he will tell me he is Joseph and his wife’s name is Mary. It won’t be the first time. I was about to raise my defenses when “something” told me to treat this person as one making a genuine inquiry.
 
I responded, while sending up a silent prayer, “Yes, there is power in the name of Jesus. May I ask why you called?”
 
More hesitation and then he confessed. “Well, I was there a year ago with my friends to see the archaeology, and I wandered closer to the sea and entered a building there. And I heard people saying the name of Jesus, and I felt something all over my body. I haven’t been able to forget that moment.”
 
That phone call began a unique friendship that only the Holy Spirit could orchestrate: An orthodox Jewish man and his ten children with a Catholic consecrated woman. Every time I revisit that moment, I am struck by his first question.
 
We’re in a world that uses the name of Jesus as an expletive, creating indifference toward the sacredness of the name we are called to hold in reverence. It is the “name above all other names … At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil 2:9-11).
 
What a wonder it is that a simple heartfelt utterance of the name of Jesus becomes the catalyst to the unleashing of his power! By it, he reached into the depth of a human heart in a basement chapel on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Don’t underestimate the simplest prayer, just one word: Jesus!
 

Your Friend in Christ,

Jennifer Ristine
Jennifer lives in the formation center for the consecrated women of Regnum Christi in Madrid, Spain, and is the author of “Mary Magdalene, Insights from Ancient Magdala” and “Nine Days with Mary Magdalene.”

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April 22, 2025 – I Have Seen the Lord

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Tuesday in the Octave of Easter

 

John 20:11-18

Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the Body of Jesus had been. And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and then reported what he had told her.

Opening Prayer: Jesus, I place myself quietly in your presence, ready to encounter you in a real and profound way, eager to experience you and the joy of your Resurrection as I make my way through this Easter Octave. So many years have passed since your Resurrection took place. And yet, your word is eternal. It is as powerful now as when you spoke it for the first time. You have the power to reach through time and say my name to me, as you exclaimed “Mary!” in the garden. And through the power of your Resurrection, as you are present everywhere and always, you can let me reach out and touch you. You can let me cling to you, here and now. And you can send me to announce to others what I have experienced.

Encountering Christ:

  1. Mary Wept: Here we have a woman with a dramatic and painful history who encountered Christ in a life-changing event—the expulsion of her seven demons. Mary had already been living a sort of “resurrected” life well before Jesus’ Passion, death, and Resurrection. Christ was her life. Her dependence on him seemed so absolute that his death must have nearly destroyed her. If we want to, we can see ourselves in Mary of Magdala. If we have the courage, we can imagine ourselves as desperate for Christ as she was, and very dependent on him. We can look on our baptism, our conversion, our receiving of his grace as the only thing that gives us life. We can say with Mary, “My life depends totally on you, Lord. I have no hope, no joy outside of you. Without you, I am completely lost.”

  2. The Dialogue: The Scriptures always have something to teach us. What could Our Lord have been trying to share with us in this short, intense dialogue? First, it’s puzzling that Mary, who loved the Lord so passionately, didn’t recognize him at the tomb. This can prompt us to reflect on the moments we have failed to recognize his presence, and appreciate that the Lord sometimes loves us in mysterious ways. When Jesus asked Mary whom she sought and why she wept, let it remind us that Jesus knows everything, and yet is always waiting for us to share our concerns and open our hearts more deeply to him. Mary’s desire to find his body and carry it away revealed the intensity of her love. Do we wonder if we love Christ as much as she does? When we grieve or worry, who do we look for? Mary was overwhelmed and overjoyed when Jesus said her name. She responded, “Rabbouni.” What term of endearment do we use in prayer to call out to Jesus?

  3. She Went and Told the Disciples: At some point, Mary’s beautiful moment with Jesus had to end. In this most significant moment of Mary’s life, she was quickly told that she had a mission. She was sent by Christ to tell the Apostles, “I have seen the Lord.” In the great chain of friends telling friends about the news of the Resurrection, Mary was the first. The Apostles were number two. What number are we? If we have let ourselves really penetrate this encounter, we can share the news with the same intensity and conviction as Mary did.

Conversing with Christ: Lord Jesus, I hear you say my name today. I want your voice to enter deep into my consciousness. I want to turn to you and see you before me, relieving me of all my fear, my doubts, my tears. You want to gently pull me away from solving my problems my way and direct me toward the one truth that really matters: that you are here. Help me to be your apostle and to share with others the truth of your presence with us.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will acknowledge your presence frequently throughout the day.

Fr. Adam Zettel, LC, was ordained in 2017 and worked for three years as a high school chaplain in Dallas, Texas. Now he resides in Oakville, Ontario, serving youth and young adults.

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Alex Kucera

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Alex Kucera has lived in Atlanta, GA, for the last 46 years. He is one of 9 children, married to his wife Karmen, and has 3 girls, one grandson, and a granddaughter on the way. Alex joined Regnum Christi in 2007. Out of the gate, he joined the Helping Hands Medical Missions apostolate and is still participating today with the Ghana Friendship Mission.

In 2009, Alex was asked to be the Atlanta RC Renewal Coordinator for the Atlanta Locality to help the RC members with the RC renewal process. Alex became a Group Leader in 2012 for four of the Atlanta Men’s Section Teams and continues today. Running in parallel, in 2013, Alex became a Team Leader and shepherded a large team of good men.

Alex was honored to be the Atlanta Mission Coordinator between 2010 to 2022 (12 years), coordinating 5-8 Holy Week Mission teams across Georgia. He also created and coordinated missions at a parish in Athens, GA, for 9 years. Alex continues to coordinate Holy Week Missions, Advent Missions, and Monthly missions at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Cumming, GA.

From 2016 to 2022, Alex also served as the Men’s Section Assistant in Atlanta. He loved working with the Men’s Section Director, the Legionaries, Consecrated, and Women’s Section leadership teams.

Alex is exceptionally grateful to the Legionaries, Consecrated, and many RC members who he’s journeyed shoulder to shoulder, growing his relationship with Christ and others along the way. He knows that there is only one way, that’s Christ’s Way, with others!