{"id":163918,"date":"2025-04-05T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=163918"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:35:18","slug":"lent-2025-day-32-but-what-if-i-dont-feel-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/lent-2025-day-32-but-what-if-i-dont-feel-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2025 &#8211; Day 32 &#8211; But What if I Don&#8217;t Feel Like it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"163918\" class=\"elementor elementor-163918\" 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-6fe5966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6fe5966\" 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\/1hOcsovYRIeozqbfRNOxif?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 32<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>But What If I Don\u2019t Feel Like It?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through his Church Christ entrusts you with the fundamental mission of sharing with others the gift of salvation, and he invites you to participate in building his kingdom. He chooses you, in spite of the personal limitations everyone has, because he loves you and believes in you. Being disciples of Christ is not a private matter. On the contrary, the gift of faith must be shared with others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 St. John Paul II<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes kindness overflows effortlessly from a warm and affectionate heart. At other times that same heart feels cold and antagonistic, and even the possibility of kindness is crowded back into a hidden corner of the soul. What\u2019s going on when we feel that way? What are we supposed to do about it? We have to wrestle a little bit with this question, and we will do so by looking at attitudes and actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disobedient Feelings<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding attitudes, we cannot underestimate the importance of distinguishing between unwilled feelings \u2014 spontaneous emotional reactions \u2014 and willed decisions. Because of our fallen human nature, our feelings are not always obedient to our faith. We can feel an emotional repugnance toward prayer, for example, even though we firmly believe in the importance and value of prayer. Just so, we can feel an emotional disconnect or distaste toward another person, even though we firmly believe that person is created in God\u2019s image, loved by God unconditionally, redeemed by Christ\u2019s sacrifice on the cross, called to eternal communion with God in heaven, and therefore deserving of our kindness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Subjective Emotions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those spontaneous, negative feelings can trace their origin to passing subjective factors, such as tiredness or a bad mood induced by the weather or hormonal fluctuations. They can also stem from subconscious factors \u2014 an intangible quality of the other person, for example, may trigger in us a reaction linked to hidden emotional patterns that were formed before we were even self-conscious. These same subconscious factors can be at play in our natural affections and likes: We feel more or less affinity toward Person A simply because his personality somehow harmonizes well with the emotional needs that have been more or less seared into the substrata of our own personality. In these cases feelings of repugnance toward someone are completely unwilled. They are not sinful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet they can be valuable for our own growth in self-knowledge. They are giving us information, and we may grow significantly in self-knowledge through reflecting on their origins and what they reveal about our own interior life. Sometimes they are linked to deep wounds that may need some psychological treatment. Often they simply are linked to normal wounds that can become fruitful catalysts for spiritual growth when we identify them and integrate them into our prayer life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objective Emotions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, negative emotions toward other people can also be caused by objective factors. If another person habitually makes self-centered decisions and so becomes a burden for those around them, this will become a source of tension and perhaps even anger. We see Jesus, for instance, becoming angry with the Pharisees when they simply refused to listen to him, consistently closing their hearts and minds to his saving message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These emotional reactions are objectively linked to damaging actions of other people, and they also are valuable as sources of information. They are telling us something about the relationship \u2014 something is wrong, something is unjust, something needs to be dealt with or changed in order to reorient the relationship and make it healthy. These emotional reactions are not willfully chosen; they happen almost automatically, so they, too, cannot be sinful. They just are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes objective emotional reactions can be exacerbated by subjective factors, forming a potent emotional cocktail that often produces exaggerated reactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Right Attitude<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, clearly the right attitude toward these emotional experiences has to start with humble acceptance. The emotions are there. They are linked to who you are. They are giving you information. They are not evil in themselves, and so they are nothing to be ashamed of or frustrated about. Accept them. Understand them. But don\u2019t put them in the driver\u2019s seat of your soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our moral responsibility always inhabits the realm of our free actions, so we are not morally responsible for these unwilled emotional reactions. Our responsibility surfaces with regard to how we decide to deal with the emotions that spontaneously surge up in our souls. The bottom line here is that we should not make our choices based solely on emotion, which would be the epitome of immaturity. Rather, we need to make our decisions based on truth \u2014 moral truth and the truths of our faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, for example, when I feel an emotional distaste toward prayer, I don\u2019t stop praying. Instead I humbly persevere regardless of the negative feelings, even though I may reflect on why I am feeling that repugnance and try to learn from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Acting \u201cAs If . . . \u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of repugnance toward others, which threatens to manifest itself in unkindness, the same principle applies. I should treat them, to the extent that is possible for me, as if I felt the love I know they deserve as God\u2019s child. This is virtuous action, a free choice to love, in spite of contrary feelings. And that love means that I treat them with respect and kindness, willing what is good for them. My actions toward them, then, are consistent with my faith and the commandments of the Lord. I don\u2019t torture them, abuse them, talk badly about them behind their back, insult and humiliate them, and so on. I try to help them, affirm them, and encourage them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes our subjective repugnance toward someone may be so strong \u2014 again, not because we will it, which would be sinful, but just because that\u2019s the way it is \u2014 that we actually need to avoid that person in order not to treat him or her poorly. This can be painful for us \u2014 we wish we didn\u2019t have such strong negative emotions toward this person. It hurts our pride to experience our brokenness and woundedness so palpably. But the right action is to avoid, as much as it is possible, situations where we know that our emotions have a chance to get the better of us. Pray for that person. Don\u2019t harm that person. Be civil and kind to that person when you have to interact with him or her. But until God\u2019s grace heals you a little bit more, until you develop more virtue, you may need to minimize your contact with that person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Actions as Reactions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second case \u2014 the case of the objective negative emotions that flow from identifiably problematic behaviors and behavior patterns \u2014 the kind and loving thing to do is to communicate about it. Talk with the other person about the behavior patterns, try to understand what\u2019s behind them, and try to calmly express why they are so bothersome or destructive. Try to help each other adjust the patterns. This is especially the case if your relationship with the person in question is habitual \u2014 if you have to continue to interact with him or her on a regular basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some cases you may run into a person who is not willing to change. He or she won\u2019t acknowledge destructive behaviors or take responsibility for them. In that circumstance you may need to sever the relationship, at least temporarily. It is not an expression of love to continue enabling someone\u2019s dysfunctional behavior by exhibiting the kind of toleration that tacitly approves of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In summary, our spontaneous emotional reactions give us information, and until we are mature enough in Christ that those emotions are in perfect sync with the truths of our faith, they will sometimes clash with those truths. That\u2019s OK. Accept that and seek to understand it. But don\u2019t let it drive your actions and decisions. Pray for grace and strength to always act in accordance with your faith, with God\u2019s will, even if your feelings disagree. Live the apostolate of kindness even when it\u2019s tough. Gradually, with God\u2019s help, your feelings will catch up to your faith and line up more fully with God\u2019s will, increasing the energy at your disposal for loving God and loving your neighbor.<\/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;\">How often do you tend to let your feelings alone drive your decisions and actions? In what specific circumstances does this happen most frequently, and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you feel when you sincerely pray for people even though you do not feel a natural affection for them?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian maturity recognizes that emotional experience is a gift from God, but we also recognize that our feelings need to be educated and integrated into the deeper levels of faith and freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you do today to pursue that integration and emotional maturity?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I tend toward the extreme of repression, I will take some time to write in a journal about the emotions I most frequently experience, trying to name, claim, tame, and aim them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I tend toward the extreme of emotionalism, I will take some time to come up with a strategy regarding how to respond proactively to situations where I know I tend to give too much rein to my feelings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will think about a person in my life whom I feel an emotional repugnance toward, and I will try to understand, accept, and maturely deal with those feelings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Write your own resolution) I will<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Concluding Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all my heart I seek You;\u2028let me not stray from Your commands . . . .\u2028Open my eyes, that I may consider\u2028the wonders of Your law.\u2028I am a wayfarer of earth;\u2028hide not Your commands from me . . . .\u2028Make me understand the way of Your precepts,\u2028and I will meditate on Your wondrous deeds . . . .\u2028Your compassion is great, O Lord. . . . 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