{"id":163634,"date":"2025-03-30T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=163634"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:31:53","slug":"lent-2025-day-26-you-have-what-it-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/lent-2025-day-26-you-have-what-it-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2025 &#8211; Day 26 &#8211; You Have What it Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"163634\" class=\"elementor elementor-163634\" 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-cbf6437 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbf6437\" 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-0e3fcd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0e3fcd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5mV51XlnMIqJY0n4jmo1OC?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bee7262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bee7262\" 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><b>Day 26<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>You Have What It Takes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christ\u2019s gift of the Holy Spirit is going to be poured out upon you in a particular way. You will hear the words of the Church spoken over you, calling upon the Holy Spirit to confirm your faith, to seal you in his love, to strengthen you for his service. You will then take your place among fellow-Christians throughout the world, full citizens now of the People of God. You will witness to the truth of the gospel in the name of Jesus Christ. You will live your lives in such a way as to make holy all human life. Together with all the confirmed you will become living stones in the cathedral of peace. Indeed you are called by God to be instruments of his peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 St. John Paul II, Homily for Pentecost, May 30, 1982<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church\u2019s deepest identity is found in her mission to evangelize, to proclaim and foster the growth of Christ\u2019s kingdom. And God calls every Christian, every member of the Church, no matter how apparently small or unqualified, to join in that mission and make a unique, unrepeatable contribution to it that will reverberate throughout eternity. Making that contribution is every Christian\u2019s best way to \u201clove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mission can make us feel excited. But it can also make us feel scared, intimidated, and inadequate. You might think, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great saints were capable of something like that, something so transcendental and amazing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but that\u2019s not for me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can barely keep myself together in the hustle and bustle of daily duties and never-ending mini-crises! Who am I to think that I can help build Christ\u2019s kingdom and love like that?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Feelings Bolstered by Faith<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s understandable to feel that way. But sometimes our spontaneous feelings only give us a partial glimpse into reality, especially in the realm of faith. Feelings need to be educated, taught to incorporate the truths of our faith into all the information they process and communicate to us. And on this point, about the capacity of every Christian to become a saint and make a unique, unrepeatable contribution to Christ\u2019s kingdom, our faith rescues us from every feeling of fear or inadequacy, for one simple reason: Our efforts are not just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally, depending only on hard work and our own natural powers and gifts, the call to holiness and evangelization is indeed far beyond our capacities. Christ\u2019s kingdom, as we have seen, \u201cdoes not belong to this world\u201d (John 18:36). It is a supernatural kingdom, built up by the power of grace and the Holy Spirit. If we were to try to take our place in that kingdom by leaning solely on our earthly smarts and strengths, we would be perennially frustrated, fruitlessly aiming again and again and again at a target impossibly beyond our reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New Things Have Come<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But part of the good news Jesus brings is that, through baptism and confirmation, our natural gifts and talents \u2014 however many or few they may be \u2014 are healed and enhanced by grace. They are plugged in to the divine life itself. Baptism makes us adopted children of God, not just as some kind of formality, but in truth. Anyone who is baptized has \u201ccome to share in the divine nature. . . . So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come\u201d (2 Peter 1:4; 2 Corinthians 5:17).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are members of Christ\u2019s own body, and through the sacrament of confirmation, the same Holy Spirit that animates Christ and the Church has been abundantly poured into our own lives, animating each one of us as well: \u201cNow you are Christ\u2019s body, and individually parts of it . . . hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us . . . \u201d (1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 5:5). And so our human and material limitations, our wounds, our struggles and hardships \u2014 none of these things have to inhibit us from engaging in this uniquely fulfilling mission of evangelization. God can work through them all, and when we let him do so, he is glorified even more than when we try to serve him from a place of self-satisfaction and self-confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>When We Are Weak, We Are Strong<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Paul learned this lesson the hard way \u2014 through a mysterious struggle against what he calls \u201ca thorn in the flesh\u201d that he simply could never get rid of (see 2 Corinthians 12:7\u201310).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same Holy Spirit that comes to us through the grace of baptism and confirmation, truly uniting us to God and gradually leading us to spiritual maturity, also equips us and spurs us on toward the fulfillment of our mission in Christ\u2019s kingdom. Some Christians are called to carry out dramatic and highly visible missions, like St. Bernardine of Siena, who would habitually preach to crowds of ten thousand people. Others are called to carry out hidden but still beautiful and powerful missions, like St. Joseph, who silently cared for Jesus and Mary, without speaking even a single word in the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You Are Not Lacking<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever he may ask of each one of us, \u201cGod is faithful,\u201d and through Christ he doesn\u2019t call and equip us for something beyond our reach \u2014 that would be torture. Rather:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. . . in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge . . . so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus [Christ]. (1 Corinthians 1:9, 5\u20138)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Jesus sent his twelve apostles out on their first mission, St. Matthew tells us that he \u201csummoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority\u201d (Matthew 10:1). When he sent the larger group of seventy-two followers, St. Luke tells us that \u201cthe Lord appointed\u201d them (Luke 10:1). At his ascension, Jesus prefaces his great commission that the Church \u201cgo, therefore, and make disciples of all nations\u201d with an explanation of whose power will truly be at work within the Church\u2019s efforts to fulfill that command: \u201cThen Jesus approached and said to them, \u2018All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore . . . \u2019\u201d (Matthew 28:18\u201319).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Christians, through the mysterious communion with God given by baptism and confirmation, Christ\u2019s own life surges through our veins. His own power gives supernatural force to our evangelizing efforts. Insofar as we intentionally and consistently nourish this communion through a growing prayer life, through a humble and determined participation in the Eucharist and in confession, and through a decent effort to obey the Lord\u2019s will in all things, it will mature and expand, bringing God\u2019s unique dream for each one of us to fulfillment.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Truly, your part in building up Christ\u2019s kingdom is beyond anything you could ever do \u2014 on your own. But in the Lord, you really do have what it takes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Questions for Personal Reflection or Group Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What idea in this reflection struck you most and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you think about the sacrament of baptism, what comes to mind? Why? Why do you think we celebrate our birthdays, but not many of us celebrate the anniversary of our baptism?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you think of the sacrament of confirmation, what comes to mind? Why? Remember your own experience of receiving this sacrament. What sticks in your mind? Why? What would you like to have done differently?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The life of grace within us is invisible and most often works in hidden ways. And yet grace is real, and it has produced and inspired all the works of the Church throughout its history: the spiritual maturity, power, and influence of the saints, and the countless acts of mercy, self-sacrifice, fidelity, and kindness performed by thousands of Christians through the centuries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you do today to allow God\u2019s grace to flow freely in and through your life?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will find out the baptismal anniversaries of every member of my family (including my own) and plan to celebrate them with the same gusto that we celebrate our birthdays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will take some time to read up on the life of the saint whose name I took when I was confirmed in order to derive some fresh inspiration from how grace worked in his or her life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will renew my commitment to spend time in personal prayer with the Lord every single day in order to keep his grace flowing in my mind and heart.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Write your own resolution) I will<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Concluding Prayer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O God, whose ancient wonders <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remain undimmed in splendor even in our day,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for what you once bestowed on a single people,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">freeing them from Pharaoh\u2019s persecution <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the power of your right hand <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now you bring about as the salvation of the nations <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the waters of rebirth,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grant, we pray, that the whole world <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may become children of Abraham <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and inherit the dignity of Israel\u2019s birthright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through Christ our Lord. 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