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July 22, 2026 – “I Have Seen the Lord”

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Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

 

John 20:1-2, 11-18

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” But Mary 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 of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and what he told her.

Opening Prayer: Jesus, I have seen you in the Eucharist. I have seen you in other people. I have seen you in your creation. I have heard you in prayer and in the Word. Help me to encounter you in all the ways you reveal yourself and then share you with others.

Encountering Christ:

  1. First Things First: Notice how St. Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning on the first day of the week, even while it was still dark! Her ardent faith is an example for us as Christian disciples. Like her, we are called to put first things first and “wake up early” to love and serve the Lord, even while it is still dark outside: “It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light” (Rom 13:11-12).

     

  2. Longing for God: St. Mary Magdalene had a longing in her heart to be near Jesus. This is why she went to the tomb as soon as she could after the Sabbath. Notice that she ran to tell the Apostles that Jesus was gone, and then she immediately went back to the tomb. She needed to be there with Jesus, or at least where she thought he should be. What a beautiful example of faithful devotion. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for” (CCC 27). May we, like St. Mary Magdalene, possess the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love, and never stop searching for Our Lord.

     

  3. Apostle of the Apostles: St. Thomas Aquinas called St. Mary Magdalene “apostolorum apostola,” the Apostle of the Apostles. She was the first to witness the empty tomb, the first to see Christ resurrected, and the first to tell of his Resurrection to the Apostles. Christ sent her on her first mission: “Go to my brothers and tell them…” We can ask ourselves if we listen to Christ’s call to tell others the Good News of his Resurrection. How can we participate in apostolic initiatives that lead others to become Christ’s disciples?

Conversing with Christ: Jesus, please bless me with a faithful, hopeful, loving heart like St. Mary Magdalene’s. Like her, rightly order my desires so that I seek to be close to you at all times. Help me to imitate her virtues of loyalty, o bedience, and piety. Fill me with purpose and joy as I seek to witness to you in my daily life.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will rededicate myself to be a missionary disciple, called to encounter Christ personally, and to be a joyful witness to the Gospel.

For Further Reflection: Read this bulletin from the Holy See’s Press Office on Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Apostles. Also, check out these resources on Living as Missionary Disciples from the USCCB website.

Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and a lay member of Regnum Christi. She blogs at word-life-light.com.

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Discerning God’s Call Together: Inside the 2026 Legionary Candidacy

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This year, 12 candidates from across the United States and Canada are spending the summer at the Legionaries of Christ Novitiate and College of Humanities in Cheshire, Connecticut, discerning God’s call to become Legionary priests. During the two-month candidacy program, they’ll live like a Legionary, following a disciplined lifestyle and schedule, engaging in community life, participating in courses, sports, and apostolate, and strengthening their prayer and sacramental life as a band of brothers seeking to follow God’s will.

This year’s candidates come from:

  • Georgia
  • Massachusetts
  • Wisconsin
  • Florida
  • Louisiana
  • Nevada
  • Idaho
  • Ontario
  • Alberta
  • Nova Scotia   

Candidacy is a summer program lived in the seminary in Cheshire, where the young men discern and prepare for entrance into the novitiate in the fall. It is the first formal step into formation for Legionary life, which, after approximately 10–12 years, culminates in the profession of perpetual vows and thereafter finishing theology and priestly ordination.

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The candidacy begins with an orientation week, followed by a hiking and camping trip to strengthen the sense of brotherhood and charity among the candidates. Each week, the candidates have courses on discernment, Regnum Christi, theology of the body, apostolate work as Legionaries, and the formation principles that will help them throughout their preparation for Legionary life. There is daily meditation, Mass, examen time, rosary, adoration, and spiritual reading. 

And the candidates also have plenty of time for sports and hiking, along with daily work assignments, and a “tech detox” to round out the experience of authentic manhood. They are accompanied and guided by a team of brothers and priests who are with them every step of the way as they experience religious family life.

Brickner-JosephFr. Joseph Brickner, LC, candidacy director at the novitiate, shares that because community is so essential in the life of a Legionary priest, it is important that the candidates have that same experience of community during this time of discernment.

“During the candidacy, they experience team life, dive into Sacred Scripture together in their Encounter with Christ, and pray, work, and play together as they form a deep brotherhood,”

 says Fr. Joseph.

“It is absolutely amazing to see different ages, different stories and personalities, all gather around Christ because he called them here.”

For Fr. Joseph, the candidacy gives the young men a taste of what happened two thousand years ago.

“As our Constitutions state, ‘Legionaries make present the mystery of Christ gathering the apostles around him, revealing to them the love of his heart, forming them, and sending them out to collaborate with him in building up his Kingdom.’ This, in a nutshell, is what they get to experience.”

Meet Two of This Year’s Candidates!

“I got to know the Legionaries of Christ primarily through doing two years of mission work as a Regnum Christi missionary. It was during these two years that I realized God was calling me to serve him even more. It is my hope that in candidacy, a time of deep prayer and drawing closer to Christ, I will be prepared to take a bigger step of commitment to God, and enter the novitiate this fall.”

— Br. Joseph Lazzuri, cLC

“I began to seriously discern the feeling in my heart to give everything to God in the spring of 2025 with the help of the Legionaries. A powerful step forward was joining the aspirancy program to give more room in my life to God to let him lead me, which has led me here to candidacy. My time here has been such a blessing, and my favorite part has been growing closer to God through community and brotherhood with my fellow candidates, especially during our visit to New Hampshire for camping, hiking, and fellowship. For the remainder of candidacy, I hope to give God more and more room to work in my heart each day, and I trust he will lead me to whatever the next step is in my journey to follow his will for my life.”

— Br. Nicholas Reddy, cLC

Pray for This Summer’s Candidates

“Remember the counsel of Jesus: ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore to the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into his harvest,’ (Mt 9:37). We readily recognize the need to pray for vocations to the priesthood and to consecrated life. It is not surprising that, where people pray fervently, vocations flourish.”

— Pope Benedict XVI, 2006 World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Join us in praying for this year’s ten candidates as they discern God’s will for their lives. Vocation Action Network is an apostolate that seeks to foster a culture of vocations in the Church and in society; visit Adoration for Vocations for vocation prayer resources and more.

Come & See

Want to learn more? Visit beautiful Cheshire during the Summer Candidacy program, and join the candidates and novitiates for “a day in the life.” Open visitation dates include July 20–27 and August 5–17. Click hereto register or contact Fr. Joseph Brickner with any questions.

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To learn more, check out these links about LC Cheshire and discerning a vocation to the Legionaries of Christ, or follow lc_cheshire on Instagram. Or check out this video from the 2025 candidacy program.

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St Laurence of Brindisi

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Dear Laurie, Sometimes we think we have to do extraordinary things in order to become saints.  We read about those monks and hermits who slept sitting on the edges of cliffs and fasted every day till sundown and disciplined their bodies so severely that just reading about it makes us grimace.  But there is no single formula for sanctity; if God calls certain souls to imitate Christ’s forty days of fasting in the desert, he also calls certain souls to imitate his thirty years of working-class family life in Nazareth, or his three years of preaching and healing and wandering from town to town.  The important thing, my dear niece, is to WANT to imitate Christ and become saints – he will take care of all the rest. We have the words of a doctor of the Church to verify it: when asked by his little sister how someone could become a saint, St Thomas Aquinas answered, “By wanting to.” Today’s saint is a good example of this.  No fireworks accompanied his youthful education in Naples and Venice.  No great struggles surrounded his entry into the Franciscan order when he was 16, and nothing miraculous emerged from his years of seminary training at the University of Padua (although he did have a natural gift for languages, learning Greek, Hebrew, German, Bohemian, French and Spanish as he prepared for ordination).  Once he was ordained a priest, he began a series of assignments that he carried out with sincere zeal and great faith, obtaining excellent results, but simply by fulfilling the duties of his vocation. First, the Pope assigned him to labor at the conversion of the Jews. Then he was sent to establish a Capuchin community (his branch of the Franciscans was a branch formed in 1525 to return to the primitive observance of St Francis) in Germany to defend against the spread of Lutheranism.  Then the Emperor borrowed his services and sent him to convince the German princes to join forces against the invading Turks. When this mission was complete, he was appointed a chaplain to the Christian army and led them to victory by riding in front of the troops armed with a crucifix. The Emperor then sent him to convince King Philip of Spain to join the growing “Catholic League” of European rulers (and he took advantage of the opportunity to start another Capuchin community in Madrid).  Three more royal and papal diplomatic missions preceded his attempt to retire into a more recollected style of life, which was speedily interrupted by requests from more princes and kings, asking his aid in resolving their disputes. He obliged, and upon a trip to Portugal, after successfully obtaining an important decision from the king of Spain, he died, a mere 60 years old. Through it all, St Laurence constantly nourished his spirit of prayer and union with God (his Masses were often prolonged because he fell into ecstasies).   An extraordinary life of fidelity to God’s will, yes, but so extraordinary as to be unrepeatable?  Hardly. The key, my dear niece, is to confidently and trustfully give yourself to whatever God is asking of you right here and now.  And right now he wants nothing more than your dedication to excellence in your summer affairs (job, family life, friendships, prayer commitments…).  Follow him one step at a time, and he will lead you Home. Sincerely, Uncle Eddy

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/ Regnum Christi News, Weekly Message, Weekly Message Blog

"I wait for the Lord, who bends down to me and hears my cry."

(Psalm 40)

Dear Friends,

 

Psalm 24 puts the question starkly: “Who can climb the mountain of the Lord; who can stand in his holy place?” And the Psalm offers an immediate answer: “The clean of hand and the pure of heart, who has not given his soul to useless things.”

But there’s a problem. Who can confidently claim to be clean of hand and pure of heart? Who can confidently assert that they have never given their souls to useless things? Of course, our efforts are important, but, as the saints point out, under our own power no one can climb the mountain of the Lord.

And that brings us to the lovely little word “grace.” In the Greek New Testament, the word we translate as grace is xaris (sometimes transliterated as “charis”), and its root is very interesting. Xar means, literally, to lean down towards, to lean into. Is there any better description of God’s continual attitude and action towards us?

God is not afraid of the messiness of life. God is not afraid of our sins and failures. God does not stand far off, but, whether we realize it or not, leans into this world he loves so much. Jesus Christ, we might say, is God-Leaning-Into-Our-Life.

What if Christianity is not a titanic effort to ascend the mountain of the Lord, but rather a trusting surrender and response to the God who leans into all our hopes and fears and sufferings and joys? And filled with his grace—which is another word for his constant loving presence—we know that the lives we live, with all their ups and downs, bear fruit that will last for all eternity (Jn 15:16). 

God bless you,

Fr. John Pietropaoli

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Is It Bad If I Haven’t Hung Out With Anyone in a Year?

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Q: Do we have to connect with others? I’m very anti-social and haven’t hung out with anyone in nearly a year. I really don’t like hanging out with people. I prefer to be alone with just me and Christ. Hebrews 10:24-25 encourages us to connect, and we see it multiple times throughout the Bible that we should help one another out with faith. But is it bad if we don’t? Like I still give to those in need, spread the Gospel and help others whenever I can, but when it comes to socializing, I prefer very much not to. — Nickolas

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC:

The answer to your question depends somewhat on how you define your terms.

If by spreading the Gospel you mean sharing your faith with others and engaging them in dialogue, that’s good.

If by helping others you mean doing acts of charity and donating to the poor, etc., that’s good too.

And if by avoiding “socializing” you mean that you don’t like to spend your time in frivolous or unhealthy activities — such as constantly seeking low-brow entertainment (movies, video games) or partying — then that also has merit.

Another factor is what you spend your time doing. Are you reading serious books? Dedicating ample time to prayer? Developing your talents?

Now, it’s one thing to be a naturally reserved person.

But if you haven’t hung out with anyone in a year, that isn’t healthy. I’m guessing that you are starting about activities apart from spreading the Gospel and helping others.

We are social beings by nature. We come into the world and are raised by a family. Being in relations helps us to learn about others and about ourselves. Healthy socializing helps us from becoming too self-centered.

It would be good to develop your tendency to help others and to share the Gospel as the opportunity arises.

It might help to get involved in some kind of steady volunteer work or some kind of Catholic group in your area, such as the Knights of Columbus or a young adults circle whose activities include Bible studies or pro-life work.

Having a network of Catholic friends and acquaintances can improve your chances of living your faith fully while avoiding the risk of isolating yourself from the world.

True, dealing with other people isn’t always easy, but the alternative can be worse.

Be sure to cultivate your prayer life and sacramental life and seek out a solid, regular confessor.

Count on my prayers.

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July 21, 2026 – Live in Love

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Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

 

Matthew 12:46-50

While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.” But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Opening Prayer: O my God, you are our Heavenly Father. Jesus, you are my brother. Mary, you are my mother. Help me to see all the baptized as truly my brothers and sisters.

Encountering Christ:

  1. Family in Christ: God is our Heavenly Father. When we view ourselves as children of God, we realize that all the baptized are his sons and daughters, and therefore our brothers and sisters. Through baptism, we have become “members of the household of God” (cf. Eph 2:19). We share a family name: Christian. As part of this family, we are called to do God’s will and “love one another with mutual affection” (cf. Rom 12:10).

     

  2. Walk in the Light: Living in love with our Christian brothers and sisters can be challenging. How are we to foster this familial bond? St. John tells us: “If we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another” (1 Jn 1:7). We walk in the light when we seek to live according to the truths that Christ has taught us. When we live our lives saturated by truth and goodness according to the Gospel, fellowship comes more naturally, and there is less division among us.

     

  3. Mass, the Family Meal: Each Sunday we come together for Mass, our family meal. We hear our stories proclaimed in the Scriptures. We pray together and sing our family songs. In the Confiteor, we confess to and ask God and our brothers and sisters to pray for us: “I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned…” When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we affirm that we are children of God: “Our Father, who art in heaven…” Finally, we share the bread of life, our Communion with God and with one another: the Holy Eucharist. Christ feeds us himself and we become “one body and one Spirit” in him (cf. Eph 4:4).

Conversing with Christ: Dear Jesus, I see you stretching your hands out to my fellow Christians, claiming them as your family and mine. Help me to work alongside my brothers and sisters to build up your Church. Send your Spirit of unity to heal any hurts that exist in my family or parish. Please give me the virtues of meekness and charity so that I can live in love with my Christian family.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will consider if I need to forgive or ask for forgiveness of any of my brothers or sisters so that we can live in love.

For Further Reflection: Take fifteen minutes and read the Book of Ephesians, in which St. Paul encourages the Christians of Ephesus to live in love as brothers and sisters in Christ. Throughout the Epistle, he includes very practical advice for how to live in communion with one another. “So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma” (Eph 5:1).

Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and a lay member of Regnum Christi. She blogs at word-life-light.com.

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Papal Shout-Out at Sunday Angelus

/ Legionaries of Christ News, Regnum Christi, Regnum Christi News

This past Sunday, during his Sunday Angelus at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV gave a shout-out to the young adults participating in Catholic Worldview Fellowship and Regnum Christi International Formators’ Course. These two summer apostolates in Rome immerse young adults in a formative experience that unites intellectual formation with fellowship and discipleship, helping participants see their vocation, the Church, and society with renewed clarity and zeal for their own evangelizing mission in the world.

“His love is always ready to help us”

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During July, Pope Leo XIV has spent time at Castel Gandolfo, the traditional papal summer residence just outside of Rome, where he recently led the Sunday Angelus.

In his introduction, Pope Leo XIV warned the faithful against thinking of God as a powerful figure who imposes himself by force or domination.

“God favours smallness, a sign of discreet love, by which he leaves us free to accept or reject him.”

Pope Leo encouraged all to recognize God’s hand in

“the little things of daily life and in the simplicity of ordinary existence.”

“He is always with us, and his love is always ready to help us.”

Pope Leo then greeted all pilgrims present, including the group from the Catholic Worldview Fellowship, and the young adult Regnum Christi members participating in the International Formators Course this summer.

Find out more about these summer apostolates!

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Catholic Worldview Fellowship

Catholic Worldview Fellowship is a month-long summer fellowship program in Germany and Italy designed to form, connect, and empower Catholic college students who want to evangelize culture and seek to contribute to the Church’s effort to spread the Gospel to all corners of society. With its unique and authentically Catholic approach to history, philosophy, leadership, and theology, the program aims to form students to contemplate culture, the world, and reality from the standpoint of faith and in light of the Catholic worldview.

The program revolves around four pillars: academic excellence, leadership, cultural outings, and spiritual foundation.

  • Lectures given by experts in the fields of history, religion, philosophy, and ethics shed light on the role of Catholic leadership in today’s constantly evolving culture.
  • Through seminars, workshops, and one-on-one coaching sessions, students will identify their talents more clearly and learn how to unleash their leadership potential.
  • Fellows explore the roots of Western culture through fieldwork and organized outings to historical sites (Aachen, Cologne, Trier, Xanten in Germany, as well as the major landmarks and basilicas in Rome).
  • Through daily prayer, Mass, spiritual formation, and personal dialogue provided by Legionary priests and Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, students form lasting spiritual habits.

By forming, networking and empowering talented students who want to evangelize culture, Catholic Worldview Fellowship seeks to contribute to the Church’s effort to evangelize and spread the Gospel in society. 

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International Formators’ Course by Regnum Christi

The International Formators’ Course by Regnum Christi (IFC) is a unique experience of the Regnum Christi charism for formators ages 18–26, allowing them to grow in their love for Christ and discover more clearly what their mission is in Regnum Christi. Held in Rome during July, this course offers formation in four areas: human, spiritual, intellectual, and apostolic life, enabling the participants to fulfill their specific mission in Regnum Christi at the service of the Church.

The IFC program is developed around four formation objectives:

  • Create opportunities for a real, personal, and transforming encounter with Christ, in which the formators discover their vocation to be a beloved child of the Father, in Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit.
  • Facilitate in the young people greater self-knowledge, together with the awareness of their vocation and mission within Regnum Christi and the Church.
  • Offer a solid intellectual formation which helps them to read the world, history, and the signs of the times in light of the Gospel.
  • Facilitate for the formators an experience of the joy of living the faith in a community of apostles, aware that they are part of a spiritual family in the Church.

IFC aims to be a unique and transforming experience of the charism, a decisive moment in the formators’ lives that will lead them to renew their yes to their vocation as apostles of the Kingdom in Regnum Christi for the Church.

For more information about these summer programs, visit their websites, or follow them on Instagram at catholicworldview and ifc_rc.

Read the full text of Pope Leo’s Sunday Angelus here.

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St Wilgefortis

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Dear Willy,   Your recent note was most disappointing.  It reminded me how little I have done to extend our Lord’s Kingdom in the hearts of my nephews and nieces.  Ah me! May the Lord have mercy on my soul! I refer to your positively juvenile complaint about not getting your prayers answered.  The most basic fact about petitioning prayer is that God ALWAYS answers it, but not always as we want him to. If you didn’t win the NEH Younger Scholarship even though you worked super hard for it and prayed like you never prayed before, that doesn’t mean that God has abandoned you!  My dear nephew, he knows what’s best, not you, not even your incredibly well-informed uncle, Eddy. Whenever we ask God for anything in prayer, we must always have in our hearts the simple trust of a child, confident that our heavenly Father hears us and will respond with the full force of his wisdom and love. Just to drive the point home, I will remind you of the rather apocryphal story of today’s saint, which nonetheless illustrates that God answers our prayers, but sometimes in unpredictable ways.  Wilgefortis, so they say, was one of septuplets born to the pagan king of Portugal. (All seven, according to the legend, became Christians and died martyrs.) Her father was bent on marrying her off to the king of Sicily for diplomatic purposes, despite her private vow to remain a virgin out of love for Christ.  So she prayed for help. It came – boy did it come. Almost overnight she miraculously grew a beard and mustache, which successfully repulsed the Sicilian suitor. Her father was so enraged that he had her crucified. She has never been officially canonized, but through the ages, Christians have held the story dear – most likely (in my opinion) because it so eloquently presents the mystery of petitioning prayer (asking favors from God).  So don’t be discouraged, my downcast nephew, just keep forging ahead, spurred on by your hope and trust in the God who created you, redeemed you, and has gone ahead of you to prepare your mansion in heaven. Sincerely, your clean-shaven uncle, Eddy

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July 20, 2026 – A Powerful Sign

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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

 

Matthew 12:38-42

Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here. At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.”

Opening Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fill me with your gifts of understanding, knowledge, and wisdom so that I might receive your Word and let it flourish in me.

Encountering Christ:

  1. Email from God?: A friend told me recently that she wished God would send her an email telling her exactly what she should do in a difficult situation. She, like many of us, was seeking a sign. We all want definitive answers to our troubles. But giving us direct answers is not how God usually works. Sometimes the signs we receive are subtle, or perhaps we don’t see them because we do not like the answers that God reveals to us in prayer. Instead of seeking a sign when we have a problem, we can pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as understanding, knowledge, and wisdom to help us discern God’s will.

     

  2. The Sign of Jonah: Jonah experienced three days and nights in the belly of the whale. He cried out to God to deliver him from “Sheol,” or the underworld (cf. Jon 2:3). Upon God’s direction, the whale spit Jonah out onto the dry land—he was “resurrected” (cf. Jon 2:16). Jesus refers to the story of Jonah in order to point to his Resurrection. The scribes and the Pharisees sought a sign, and Jesus delivered one. What more powerful sign of Jesus’ divinity could we ask for than the miracle of his Resurrection?

     

  3. In the Heart of the Earth: Jesus prophesied that he would be “in the heart of the earth” for three days and nights. Indeed, he was buried in a tomb on Good Friday and then triumphantly went to the underworld to release the captives there (cf. CCC 633). Jesus “descended into the lower regions of the earth. The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens” (Eph 4:9-10). Jesus went to the heart of the earth to save and heal souls. God became man, taking on our flesh and blood, for this mission: to save us by destroying death. St. Paul writes, “Now since the children share in blood and flesh, he likewise shared in them, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil” (Heb 2:14).

Conversing with Christ: Jesus, you suffered, died, and were buried in the heart of the earth in order to save humankind. I am in awestruck gratitude by your love for us. Come dwell in my heart and heal it from the things that cause me to sin against you and others. Find the old wounds in my heart that seem dead and buried; speak your Word to them and resurrect them. Restore my heart to health by your life and light.

Resolution: Lord, today by your grace I will pray for the poor souls in purgatory who await admittance into heaven.

For Further Reflection: Read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #631-658: “He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again.”

Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and a lay member of Regnum Christi. She blogs at word-life-light.com.

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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!