{"id":146488,"date":"2016-08-27T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/go-30-meditations-on-how-best-to-love-your-neighbor-as-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:51:45","slug":"go-30-meditations-on-how-best-to-love-your-neighbor-as-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/go-30-meditations-on-how-best-to-love-your-neighbor-as-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Go! 30 Meditations on How Best to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"146488\" class=\"elementor elementor-146488\" 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-5188a940 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5188a940\" 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-70971aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70971aec\" 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>We are not all called to travel far from home to serve others. You can live out the missionary dimension of your Christian vocation right now in your current state of life! In\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0996581235\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0996581235&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rcspiritualit-20&amp;linkId=4745ce3037147feff39bb906cf9c77e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Go! 30 Meditations on How to Best Love Your Neighbor as Yourself<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0996581235\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0996581235\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/noscript><\/strong>, Father John Bartunek insightfully combines Bible passages and Church teaching with practical and actionable advice that you can apply to your daily life. Throughout the book, he clarifies commonly misunderstood terms like mission, apostolate, evangelization, and new evangelization. As Christians, we are called to encounter Christ, to be His disciples, and to bring Him into the world. Go! explores this missionary dimension as the third book in Fr. Bartunek\u2019s Complete Christian Collection, which includes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0991603869\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0991603869&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rcspiritualit-20&amp;linkId=03c08cc48feb15ddd2b839a6a587a33b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer<\/a><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0991603869\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0991603869\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/noscript>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/099160380X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=099160380X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rcspiritualit-20&amp;linkId=f65b6248c1e374a95e7e61f02e26e643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seeking First the Kingdom: 30 Meditations on How to Love God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=099160380X\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=rcspiritualit-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=099160380X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/noscript><\/strong>. 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