{"id":141003,"date":"2017-11-27T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-christmas-apostle-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-the-evangelist\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T14:41:47","slug":"the-christmas-apostle-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-the-evangelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-christmas-apostle-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-the-evangelist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Apostle: A Retreat Guide on St. John the Evangelist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"141003\" class=\"elementor elementor-141003\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d73360 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62d73360\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e73aab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63e73aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">St. John the Evangelist, more than any other of the Eleven Apostles, was wonderfully fascinated by the amazing, marvelous event of God becoming man and living among us. His writings are filled to the brim with this fascination, which is one reason why they play such a central role in the liturgy throughout the Christmas season. St. John is so fascinated with the incarnation, in fact, that there are very good reasons to simply call him the Apostle whose favorite holiday was Christmas. And those reasons are what this Advent Retreat Guide, A Christmas Apostle, will explore.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>In the <b>First Meditation<\/b>, we will dig into the core of St. John\u2019s Christmas message.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>In the <b>Second Meditation<\/b>, we will meditate on St. John\u2019s own life experience when it comes to living out that message.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>And in the <b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Conference<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, we will reflect on some common obstacles to living Advent well, and how to overcome them.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\">Retreat Guide Video Update!<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\"> Here is what is new and improved:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The introduction and meditations are now available as ONE video. 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