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March 27, 2026

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A Week of Prayer for All of Our Priests and Consecrated Members – March 29th – April 4th

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Regnum Christi invites our entire spiritual family and all our friends to join us in praying especially for our brothers and sisters living the consecrated vocations of Legionary priests, Consecrated Women, and Lay Consecrated Men in our territory.

Each week throughout the year, we will pray together for a different group of Legionaries and Consecrated, spanning all the communities across the territory, as our “Priests and Consecrated of the Week.”

Our Consecrated members are men and women who have said yes to Christ’s call to follow him, leaving everything behind to dedicate their entire lives to him and to join him in the mission of building his Kingdom. We come together to support them with our prayer, asking our Lord to strengthen them, hold them close to his Sacred Heart, and give them his deep joy as they live their mission each day.

 

This Week We Pray for

Zellek_Headshot Fabiola Zellek is originally from Mexico City, Mexico, and was consecrated in 2003. Throughout her consecrated life, she has accompanied youth through ECYD and high school programs in Mérida, Mexico City, Houston, and Washington, DC. She is currently a member of the DC consecrated community, where she ministers to youth and young adults.

LeBlanc_headshotFr. Kenneth LeBlanc, LC was born and raised in Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada. He joined the priestly congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in 1990. He continued his studies in the U.S.A., Canada, and Italy, and earned his Philosophy and Theology degrees from Regina Apostolorum in Rome. On December 24, 2002, he was ordained a priest in Rome, Italy. Fr. Kenneth has worked most of his life as a chaplain for the lay movement Regnum Christi in Canada. Throughout his ministry, Fr Kenneth has been working to help people live out their baptismal calling to the fullest and accompanies them to become their full potential as apostles for the mission. He has done this by preaching retreats, spiritual direction/spiritual coaching to youths and the lay faithful throughout Canada and the US. He chaplains numerous pilgrimages, missions, summer camps and outdoor treks in the wilderness. He currently resides in Calgary Alberta. On rest days he enjoys hiking and scrambling in the beautiful Canadian Rockies.

Le_headshotBr. Vincent Le is from Orlando Florida. He present at a Legionnaires Ordination in Atlanta, and that experience opened the door to his call. To witness another man’s total self gift for a mission coming directly from heaven was the most attractive calling for him as a college student. He most dearly loves the gift of his formators as they accompany hm through all the highs and lows and most importantly they pour out everything that they have to form the future of the church. Vincent loves being a Legionary Humanist because it is a stage of constant growth, growing as a religious, growing as a man for the mission, and most importantly growing in love for Jesus Christ.

Reiff_headshotMichelle Reiff grew up in Carroll, Iowa and was consecrated in 1996. Over the years, she worked in RC schools in Santiago, Chile; Dallas, Texas; Clarkston, Michigan; and as a member of the RC Education Board. She also supported the Consecrated Women in their governance and internal life in a variety of roles, and since 2018 has served as territorial secretary. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, as a member of the Territorial Directorate consecrated community.

Hare_headshotFr. Josef Hare, LC was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Silverton, Oregon, and was ordained in 2013. Following his ordination, Fr. Josef was sent to Venezuela, where he served for six years, including working as territorial secretary, serving in ECYD and the young men’s RC section, and as the director of a school. He then spent five years in Bogotá, Colombia, as director of the Cumbres School, and assisting as a territorial councilor. He is now back in the United States and is a member of the LC community in Rye, New York, serving as the chaplain of the Lumen chapters of Manhattan and New Jersey, as well as the assistant chaplain for the men’s section in the Regnum Christi New York Tri-State locality.

Pham_headshotFr. Vinh Pham, LC entered the Legionaries of Christ in 2009 at the age of 25 and was ordained to the priesthood in May of 2021 in his home parish in Atlanta, Georgia, due to COVID restrictions. As a brother, Fr. Vinh’s internship assignment was in Cincinnati supporting the Legionaries of Christ youth programs, and he is now back in Cincinnati as the LC regional vocation director. Fr. Vinh’s family has a miraculous escape story from Vietnam, which has shaped the gratitude he has for his life and vocation.

Prayer for Priests and Consecrated Members in Regnum Christi

God our Father,
We thank you for our spiritual family of Regnum Christi, and for those within it that you have called to total consecration as Legionaries of Christ, Consecrated Women, and Lay Consecrated Men.

We ask you to renew their encounter with your Son Jesus Christ,
who goes out to meet them and reveals the love of his heart to them.
Deepen their personal love for Christ
and their trust in his love for them.
Gather them close to him,
form them,
and send them out accompanied by your Son,
in the mission of forming apostles and Christian leaders who make your Kingdom present in hearts, in families, and in society.

Send your Holy Spirit to sanctify and strengthen them,
And to help them respond generously and courageously to their mission each day.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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St John of Egypt

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Dear John, If I estimate correctly, you are now on spring break.  As I was praying for you on your saint’s day this morning, I tried to picture where you might be.  Most likely, you have gone with some classmates to the old family vacation house in Newport, RI. Lovely spot.  Do you remember how I taught you to play chess there in the cool summer evenings when your feet still dangled from the chair?  Great memories. I imagine that your buddies (at least the ones who haven’t been there before) will want to make the grand tour of the Newport Mansions.  As I pictured all of you strolling through those immense mansions, mere “summer cottages” for the Vanderbilts et alia who built them, I became a bit apprehensive.  It occurred to me that you all may be taken in by their splendor.  Enjoying a taste of that luxury may whet your appetite for more. Be careful, my promising young nephew; don’t miss the obvious lesson.  What are those mansions now? Museums. Where are the great families who built them? Broken, scattered, divided by greed, divorce, and fruitless sensuality.   In their heyday, their lawns were filled with elegant parties and costly decorations, but now silence reigns, with the occasional tourist’s cackle rising above the roar of the surf.  What a contrast between those modern palaces and the little cave that today’s saint lived in for fifty years! John was a carpenter in lower Egypt, but at the age of 25 he left the city and apprenticed himself to a hermit, hoping to learn the secrets of holiness.  The aged monk taught him well, training him in obedience, humility, and self-surrender. For a whole year he had the young man water a dry stick as if it were a living plant, just to counteract his intellectual pride.  When the spiritual master died, John went to join a monastic community, but quickly discovered that God wanted his service in solitary prayer. So he climbed to the peak of a small mountain and carved out three stone rooms for himself: a bedroom, a workroom and living room, and an oratory (a place for prayer, “orare” in Latin – not a place for giving speeches).  He walled himself in, leaving only a small opening where he received food (though he ate very little, and only after sundown) and spoke to visitors (only on the weekends). He was faithful to his uncommon vocation, and his holiness soon made him famous. Emperors and bishops sent for his advice, saints visited and revered him, and the common folk came to him for healing and prophecy – both of which abounded on that mountaintop.  He was granted a premonition of his death, and shut his window, commanding that no one should approach him for the next three days. After that, they found that he had died, at the age of 90, on his knees in the rock-hewn oratory. In 1901 his famous mountain cell was rediscovered (they had lost track of it when the Muslims conquered Egypt in the seventh century).  I can’t help juxtaposing the two places in my mind’s eye: that humble, austere place of prayer and the magnificent, glorious Vanderbilt mansions.  I also can’t help wondering who died more fulfilled, the recluse or the magnate. Well, in any case, both will get my prayers today, as will you. Happy saint’s day. Your loving uncle, Eddy

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40 Days to Peace and Union with God: Day 38 – A Shepherd’s Lament

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“Let us have recourse to that fatherly love revealed to us by Christ in his messianic mission, a love which reached its culmination in his cross, in his death and resurrection.”

- ST. JOHN PAUL II

READ: JOHN 10:19–42

These words caused disagreement among the Jews. Many said, “He is possessed, he is raving; why bother to listen to him?” Others said, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a devil: could a devil open the eyes of the blind?” It was the time when the feast of Dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the Temple walking up and down in the Portico of Solomon. The Jews gathered round him and said, “How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus replied: “I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name are my witness; but you do not believe, because you are no sheep of mine. The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me. The Father who gave them to me is greater than anyone, and no one can steal from the Father. The Father and I are one.” The Jews fetched stones to stone him, so Jesus said to them, “I have done many good works for you to see, works from my Father; for which of these are you stoning me?” The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for doing a good work but for blasphemy: you are only a man and you claim to be God.” Jesus answered: “Is it not written in your Law: I said, you are gods? So the Law uses the word gods of those to whom the word of God was addressed, and scripture cannot be rejected. Yet you say to someone the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because he says, ‘I am the son of God.’ If I am not doing my Father’s work, there is no need to believe me; but if I am doing it, then even if you refuse to believe in me, at least believe in the work I do; then you will know for sure that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” They wanted to arrest him then, but he eluded them. He went back again to the far side of the Jordan to stay in the district where John had once been baptizing. Many people who came to him there said, “John gave no signs, but all he said about this man was true”; and many of them believed in him.

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REFLECT

“I give them eternal life.” Shepherds want their sheep to thrive. They want their sheep to stay safe, to eat well, to be healthy and happy — the shepherds’ livelihood depends on it. Christ is our shepherd.

Jesus: All I want is for you to flourish, to experience the fullness and wonder of life as I designed it to be. Every invitation I make, every indication I give through my words, my example, the commandments, the teachings of my Church, the nudges in your conscience — all have but one purpose: to lead you into the incomparably rich pastures of a life in communion with me, a communion that can begin here on earth but will reach its fulfillment only when you come home to Heaven. I want to be your Good Shepherd, and my greatest joy is when you decide to be my good sheep.

RESPOND

You and the Father are one, and You invite me to be one with You. I can’t get over how strange it is that You, Creator of all things, deign to come into my life and address me, guide me, and patiently invite me to follow You and assume responsibility in Your Kingdom. You and I both know that I don’t deserve this kind of attention. It flows from Your abundant goodness, which will never run dry.

REST

You were eager to dwell among men because You had something to give them — Your love, Your wisdom, Your grace. And now You have made me Your messenger. Am I as eager as You were to engage my neighbors, to bring them Your light? I am reluctant sometimes. I don’t love enough. But You know that I want to love more. And that’s all You need. You will work wonders through those who trust in You.

RESOLVE

How can I carry this encounter with me into the day? (Write / Journal)

CLOSING PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Most Blessed and Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thank You for Your love and Your grace in allowing me this time of prayer with You.

The world, the flesh, and the devil will all propose things I should focus on and run after today. I beg You to fill me with Your Holy Spirit and help me instead to know and embrace Your will. Help me to see what You desire of me each moment of this day. Give me the wisdom, strength, and fortitude I need to avoid distractions, discern Your will, and focus on and carry out that which Wisdom reveals. Help me to work and live at a pace of peace and prayerfulness, always attentive to You, able to hear Your voice and to say no to anything that hinders my journey to You and a complete yes to every Holy prompting from You.

Help me to humbly and purposefully live, light, and lead others to the path of union with You and to tell everyone about this way of life. Amen.

About the Author

Bartunek-headshotFr. John Bartunek was ordained in 2003. He has taught moral theology at various ecclesiastical institutions at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has authored many books, including the Gospel companion, The Better Part, and Inside the Passion, the only authorized behind-the-scenes look at the film, for which he provided on-set spiritual support. His online retreat guides are available in multiple formats at RCSpirituality.org. Fr. John currently resides in Atlanta, where he is serving as territorial vicar for the Legionaries of Christ.

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Ask a Priest: “What Is ‘Americanism’ About?”

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Q: I am confused about the term being tossed around, called Americanism. Could you shed some light on what the Church teaches about being Catholic in the United States? I am aware of different takes on different platforms. It is very confusing to me, especially now that we have an American pope. — P.R.

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC:

A: Americanism was an idea attacked by Pope Leo XIII in an 1899 document Testem Benevolentiae (In Witness to Good Will).

Broadly speaking, the Pope was concerned about trends he detected in the thinking of some American Catholics who thought their adaptations to the U.S. way of life should be a model for all in the Church.

Some of the ideas they promoted were separation of Church and state (a phrase that isn’t in the U.S. Constitution, by the way), an emphasis on outward works at the expense of the interior (spiritual) life, and the belief that Catholics could decide a lot of things for themselves with the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit (that is, without Church involvement).

Some U.S. Church leaders denied that Americanism was a real problem; hence, it was sometimes called the phantom heresy.

In retrospect, Leo XIII was on to something. The kind of thing he worried about eventually came to be known as cafeteria Catholicism, whereby the faithful pick and choose what they want to follow regarding Church teaching.

For related reading, see here.

The 2013 book mentioned at the end of the post, American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in America, is a short, very interesting read.

As for what the Church teaches about being Catholic in the U.S.: That is a big topic, and a full answer could fill a book.

Suffice it to say that Catholics in any country should, as 1 Peter 2:17 counsels, “Give honor to all, love the community, fear God, honor the king.”

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March 27, 2026 – You Are Gods

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Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

 

John 10:31-42

The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, ‘You are gods’? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” And many there began to believe in him.

Opening Prayer: Lord, I humbly ask for this grace: a holy integration of my intellect, my will, my heart, and the actions of my life.

Encountering Christ:   

  1. “You, A Man, Are Making Yourself God”: The Jews were enraged by Jesus’ seemingly casual reference to God as his “Father.” In truth, it was admirable that they wished to defend God’s honor and highly reverence the name of “God,” not realizing God was standing before them. In our time, the name of the Lord is tossed about casually, even used as an angry swear word. The Second Commandment “prescribes respect for the Lord’s name” (CCC2142). We do well to meditate on the Holy Name of Jesus, reciting our vocal prayers slowly and reverently. “O Lord, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth!” (Ps 8:2).

     

  2. “I Am in the Father”: Jesus is the perfect model of union with the Father, which we too should pray to attain in our lives. In fact, the Shema states clearly: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength” (Deut 6:4-5). This loving union is the key to being properly integrated and living holy lives. When we are united with God, our words and our works are in harmony, and we are like gods, as revealed in Psalm 82:6, “Gods though you be, offspring of the Most High all of you.”

     

  3. “Many There Began to Believe in Him”: It is almost comical how people can see the same exact thing, or hear the same exact words, and have quite different impressions. Even within our own spiritual lives, there are times we have great faith and other times we feel cold or even angry with God. How ironically human that souls who so ache for the love that only God gives can sometimes feel antagonistic toward him. Let us follow the example of the “many”; let us listen to John the Baptist and the wisdom of other saints, and to Jesus himself, and believe with our will, even when our hearts don’t “feel it”!

Conversing with Christ: Dear Jesus, our human pride can make us so arrogant. We can doubt and question and challenge you, and even disrespect your name. Jesus, please soften my heart, enlighten my mind, and rid me of pride. I want to know you and love you and serve you, all the days of my life.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will picture myself in the company of great saints, and imagine them cheering me on with these words: “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain” (1 Cor 15:58).

For Further Reflection: Pray the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus.

Mary Wolff has a unique understanding of “life in the trenches” from many years of motherhood and her years living in the Holy Land. She spends countless hours in Adoration, interceding especially for priests and for all on the front lines of life. She is crazy-in-love with the Trinity, Our Lady, and her son Mike; she loves to laugh, is a devoted fan of chocolate, and enjoys watching Navy beat Army. Mary can be reached at marybwolff@gmail.com.

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Alex Kucera

Atlanta

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!