A Heart Like Jesus: A Regnum Christi Essay on Contemplating and Imitating Jesus

The Regnum Christi Statutes state that our ideal is to proclaim and expand Christ’s kingdom by seeking to “clothe ourselves with Christ in our hearts and in our works, so he reigns in our lives through a progressive configuration with him.” Therefore, our very purpose as Regnum Christi members, as Christians, is to have a heart like Jesus.  Getting there is a process.  How do we do that? We must know our own heart, the heart of Jesus, and some principles for the journey. However, each of these three topics is vast. To narrow our focus, we shall concentrate on a perspective that is proper, but not exclusive, to Regnum Christi: the integral, or harmonious, understanding of the human heart and its vocation to love. We desire, and Jesus possesses, a harmony within the heart. It is this harmony, or peace, between our intellect, will, emotions, and appetites that enables us to love more perfectly. Therefore, this essay will:  1) Reflect upon the human heart and its longing for love and interior peace. 2) Contemplate some attributes of the heart of Jesus which reflect his passionate love and interior harmony.  3) Offer some concrete principles to assist in our effort to “put on” Christ in our hearts.  Finally, it will conclude with a reflection on the entire process as a living relationship with Jesus Christ. We center all of our efforts to grow in virtue and to serve others in Jesus. He is the focus, the leitmotif, of all we do. 

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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!