{"id":166718,"date":"2025-03-29T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=166718"},"modified":"2025-03-29T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:06:33","slug":"weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-march-30-april-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-march-30-april-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Digest of the Regnum Christi Daily Meditations: March 30 &#8211; April 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"166718\" class=\"elementor elementor-166718\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfc0b80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfc0b80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eecdb71\" data-id=\"eecdb71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7fd1f animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af7fd1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><B>THE WEEKLY DIGEST<\/B><br>OF REGNUM CHRISTI <BR>DAILY MEDITATIONS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff4b06 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eff4b06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8492a02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8492a02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5353e87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5353e87\" 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-da66621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da66621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week of March 30 - April 6, 2025<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed2187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ed2187\" 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><a href=\"#sunday\">Sunday, March 30, 2025 &#8211; Exile and Return<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#monday\">Monday, March 31, 2025 \u2013Grace, Faith, And Works<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#tuesday\">Tuesday, April 1, 2025 \u2013 Mercy and Grace<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#wednesday\">Wednesday, April 2, 2025 \u2013 God\u2019s Authority Over Creation<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#thursday\">Thursday, April 3, 2025 \u2013 Burning, Shining Lamps<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#friday\">Friday, April 4, 2025 \u2013 Imago Dei<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#saturday\">Saturday, April 5, 2025 \u2013 All Things New<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#sunday2\">Sunday, April 6, 2025 \u2013Wise and Merciful<br \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e368a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e368a6\" 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-bd8cedb elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"bd8cedb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sunday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06dc30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b06dc30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-size: 26px;font-style: normal\">March 30, 2025 \u2013 Exile and Return\n<span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-8);font-size: 24px;font-style: inherit;text-align: var(--text-align);background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5)\"><\/span><\/h1><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587390a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"587390a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165471 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165471\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-30-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a52fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a52fd2\" 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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1935058?theme=light\"  style=\"width: 100%; 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After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, \u2018How many of my father\u2019s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, \u201cFather, I have sinned against Heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.\u201d\u2019 So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, \u2018Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.\u2019 But his father ordered his servants, \u2018Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.\u2019 Then the celebration began. Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. The servant said to him, \u2018Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.\u2019 He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said to his father in reply, \u2018Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.\u2019 He said to him, \u2018My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Come Holy Spirit, open my heart to hear the Word, Christ himself. May it enter my mind and pierce my heart, changing me from the inside out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Extending Grace:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus told this parable in response to the Pharisees\u2019 condemnation of him welcoming sinners. So what is the message for these men? The older brother represents the Pharisees. They were indeed righteous, observing all of the Father\u2019s commands (\u201call these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders\u201d). When they saw Jesus eating and welcoming sinners, they acted like the older brother; they became angry, jealous, and accusatory. By acting that way, they put themselves in a type of exile, refusing to come into the Father\u2019s house. The father in the parable pleaded with the older son to return from exile, to be charitable and merciful and welcome his brother home. The younger brother did not deserve grace, but that is what is so beautiful about grace: None of us deserves it. God extends his grace to all of us. We are each called to accept this grace for ourselves and share it with others. We can ask ourselves if there are certain people we cannot forgive or toward whom we have trouble extending grace.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Lost Sheep:\u00a0<\/b>The younger brother gathered up his inheritance and turned his back on his father and his home. He went wandering, like a lost sheep: \u201cWe had all gone astray like sheep, all following our own way\u201d (Isa 53:6). He went into his own exile, carried off by the lure of worldly pleasure. We too turn our backs on God the Father when we sin. We too wander off into dangerous country into a type of self-exile. But Jesus will come to find us if we listen to his voice, the call of the Good Shepherd (cf. Jn 10:27). This parable is parallel to the story of the lost sheep that Jesus also told to the tax collectors and sinners. The older brother\u2014and thus the Pharisees\u2014are part of the ninety-nine sheep, while the prodigal son\u2014representing poor sinners who repent\u2014is the one sheep. When Jesus finds one who has sinned and they repent, he carries the sinner on his own shoulders back to the fold. \u201cUpon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, \u2018Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.\u2019 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance\u201d (Lk 15:6-7).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>New Life in Christ:\u00a0<\/b>This parable of the prodigal son is a conversion story. It is a story of exile and return. \u201cComing to his senses,\u201d he finally listened to his conscience, the voice of reason in his soul. Some translations say \u201ccoming back to himself.\u201d He was far away from his true nature, but by listening to his conscience, he heard the voice of the Good Shepherd inside of him, calling him to come back to himself. St. John Henry Newman called the conscience \u201cthe aboriginal Vicar of Christ\u201d in the soul. It is the voice of Christ that brings us to repentance when we have sinned. But we must listen to this voice and not tune it out. We must allow Jesus to find us when we have strayed and follow him back home. The younger son examined his conscience, then went to his father to ask for his forgiveness. This is a Biblical model of the sacrament of Reconciliation! The prodigal son was brought back to life, for his father said that he \u201cwas dead and has come to life again.\u201d He had been given new life in Christ. Our second reading today speaks directly to this: \u201cSo whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation\u201d (2 Cor 5:17-19). Each time we go to Confession, we are participating in this ministry of reconciliation by accepting God\u2019s forgiveness and grace. We are lost and Jesus has found us.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, my Good Shepherd, thank you for finding me when I have turned my back and wandered far away from you. I beg you to find me each time I am lured away by the delights of the world. Help me to focus on you and listen to my conscience, your voice deep within me, calling me back to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will imitate your merciful love by offering grace to someone I need to forgive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472d0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"472d0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b2c93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1b2c93\" 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-af43373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"af43373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"monday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d20da2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6d20da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4b06b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b4b06b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">March 31, 2025 \u2013 Grace, Faith, And Works\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e21f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e21f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165478 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-31-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd1e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dd1e5f\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1935060?theme=light\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" title=\"March 31, 2025 - Grace, Faith, And Works\"  frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1935060\/\">March 31, 2025 &#8211; Grace, Faith, And Works | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d55e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5d55e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cad7ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cad7ac\" 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<div data-id=\"4a8bd151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p class=\"p1\">John 4:43-54<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast. Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. Jesus said to him, \u201cUnless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.\u201d The royal official said to him, \u201cSir, come down before my child dies.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cYou may go; your son will live.\u201d The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. While the man was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live. He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, \u201cThe fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon.\u201d The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, \u201cYour son will live,\u201d and he and his whole household came to believe. Now this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, thank you for coming to set things right in my life. Help me to have faith in your holy word and its saving power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>The Power of Intercessory Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Even from a distance, Jesus\u2019 word was enough to save the royal official\u2019s son. The father came to Jesus in search of his mercy and grace for his child. This shows the power of intercessory prayer. We can trust in Jesus to take care of us, our loved ones, and every other problem that seems bigger than we are. We can abandon ourselves to the Father\u2019s providential love and care for us because God is good! We might not experience immediate answers or healing, but no prayer ever goes unanswered. Each prayer is answered according to God\u2019s will. Even when we do not know how to pray, all that is necessary is to come to Jesus in faith, as the royal official did in this passage. When we have no words for prayer, the Holy Spirit takes care of the rest: \u201cIn the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God\u2019s will. We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose\u201d (Rom 8:26-28). Indeed, everything that occurs in our life works together for our good when we seek God\u2019s will and trust in his mercy.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Necessary Faith:\u00a0<\/b>Actually, Jesus\u2019 word plus one other thing was necessary for the boy\u2019s healing: faith. The father\u2019s faith in Christ saved his son: \u201cThe man believed what Jesus said to him.\u201d Faith is necessary for healing and salvation. God\u2019s grace is the element at work in healing and salvation, but our belief in his grace is essential. St. Paul teaches about this relationship between grace and faith: \u201cFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.\u201d Notice that we were created specifically for the good works that God has prepared for each one of us. It is our duty and privilege to walk in these good works. These works do not save us, but they are proof of a faith that is fully alive: \u201cWhat good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? [\u2026] So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead\u201d (Jas 2:14, 17). St. Teresa of Avila wrote, \u201cChrist has no body now on earth but yours.\u201d Let us live in grace and walk in the good works that God has planned for us.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Gather Grace:\u00a0<\/b>Good kings solve the problems of the kingdom, and Jesus came to restore order as part of his kingly role. Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would restore health and order to Israel: \u201cThe deaf shall hear. The blind shall see. The lame shall walk. The desert will bloom. The weak and fearful will become strong and brave\u201d (cf. Isa 35). God still restores health and order to his children today through his grace, which we can access when we notice it at work in our lives and cooperate with it. We can imagine God\u2019s grace like flowing water from the tap. The water is always there, ready to be poured out. In order to gather the grace, we have to hold a cup under the faucet and turn on the tap. This shows how we participate in God\u2019s grace. We recognize it is there, open ourselves to its working in our lives, and then believe and trust in its power.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Christ my King, thank you for coming to restore me and for pouring your grace out upon me. I am sorry for the times when my faith has been lacking and when I have not come to you in search of your grace. Jesus, I know that all things are possible when I trust in you. I want to believe even more deeply. Please help me in the places where I do not believe and am lacking in trust of your loving care for me (cf. Mk 9:23-24).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Litany<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0of Trust<\/span>, written by the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Sisters of Life<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b9860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"61b9860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"tuesday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48faba6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48faba6\" 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-71a0cab elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"71a0cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91ca1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c91ca1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 1, 2025 \u2013 Mercy and Grace\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b553fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b553fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165949 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-01-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e96d8cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e96d8cf\" 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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947341?theme=light\"  style=\"width: 100%; 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Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, \u201cDo you want to be well?\u201d The sick man answered him, \u201cSir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cRise, take up your mat, and walk.\u201d Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, \u201cIt is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.\u201d He answered them, \u201cThe man who made me well told me, \u2018Take up your mat and walk.\u2019\u201d They asked him, \u201cWho is the man who told you, \u2018Take it up and walk\u2019?\u201d The man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there. After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, \u201cLook, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.\u201d The man went and told the Jews that Jesus was the one who had made him well. Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, I want to be healed. Help me to be open to receiving your mercy and grace so I can live an abundant life here and now and have eternal life with you in the next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Desert Wandering:\u00a0<\/b>Today\u2019s Gospel passage continues the Johannine theme of miraculous healing. Just before this in the Gospel of John (also yesterday\u2019s Gospel reading), Jesus healed the royal official\u2019s son. Here he healed a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Thirty-eight years is significant because that is how long Israel wandered in the wilderness of Paran (cf. Num 33). Moses wrote: \u201cNow thirty-eight years had elapsed between our departure from Kadesh-barnea and the crossing of the Wadi Zered; in the meantime the whole generation of soldiers had perished from the camp, as the Lord\u00a0had sworn they should\u201d (Deut 2:14). This man had been crippled, sitting near a pool of healing water but unable to access it, for thirty-eight years; he was \u201cwandering in a desert.\u201d Bethesda means \u201chouse of mercy\u201d or \u201chouse of grace\u201d in Hebrew. The man was in need of mercy and grace, but he could not access it. He needed Jesus to extend mercy and grace to him in order to restore him to life. Is there any place in our life when we have been wandering away from Jesus\u2019 mercy and grace?<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Come to the Water:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus asked the man if he wanted to be healed. Jesus wants to heal us too, but we must consent to be healed by believing that he has the power to heal us from everything that afflicts us, most importantly our sins and vices. Jesus\u2019 mercy and grace flow out of him as \u201cliving water\u201d (cf. Jn 4:10). We are called to come to his pool of mercy and grace and submerge ourselves in it. Each time we approach Jesus to confess our sins in the sacrament of Reconciliation, we come to this deep pool of mercy. We open our hearts, allowing our sins to come out of us, and Jesus pours his living water of mercy into them, purifying and restoring them. We receive mercy for our sins and grace to strengthen us against future temptation.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Jesus, Font of Healing:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus Christ is the new temple (cf. Jn 2:21). In our first reading today, Ezekiel had a vision of this new temple with a wonderful stream flowing ever deeper from its right side (cf. Ezek 47:1). This stream made salt water fresh and dirty water clean. Wherever it flowed, it brought health and life in abundance (cf. Ezek 47:8-12). The new temple mount is Calvary, where the sweet waters of baptism flowed out of Christ\u2019s side: \u201c\u2026 one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out\u201d (Jn 19:34). The man wanted to get to the healing water in the pool; in his abundant mercy Jesus, the font of healing, came to him.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, thank you for coming to save and heal me. Help me to come to your living waters of mercy and grace. I know that I cannot save myself, but I need you to come and bring me salvation and restore my wholeness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will make a plan to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-029c734 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"029c734\" 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-1dfddd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1dfddd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"wednesday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f6685 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"31f6685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636be69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"636be69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 2, 2025 \u2013 God\u2019s Authority Over Creation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7894725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7894725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165968 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165968\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-02-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0b0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd0b0dc\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947343?theme=light\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" title=\"April 2, 2025 - God\u2019s Authority Over Creation\"  frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947343\/\">April 2, 2025 &#8211; God\u2019s Authority Over Creation | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9f47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a9f47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb74f4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb74f4b\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3ad93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor elementor-165966\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"165966\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365eb3cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"365eb3cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b6d080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b6d080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p class=\"p1\">John 5:17-30<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Jesus answered the Jews: \u201cMy Father is at work until now, so I am at work.\u201d For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God. Jesus answered and said to them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life. Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation. I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, help me understand your holy word and contemplate its meaning in my life. Plant your word deeply in my heart and help me to be obedient to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>God\u2019s Work, God\u2019s Sabbath:\u00a0<\/b>Just what is the Father\u2019s work? Jesus implies that God the Father is at work continually: he is \u201cat work until now.\u201d God is constantly sustaining all life, and this work never ceases: \u201c\u2026 the Lord sustains my life\u201d (Ps 54:6). Jesus is the Second Person of the Trinity and therefore has a role in sustaining all of creation as it was spoken by God the Father through him, the Word made flesh: \u201c[\u2026 God the Father] spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word\u201d (Heb 1:2-3). Jesus healed on the Sabbath because healing is one aspect of God\u2019s work of caring for his creation. God the Father created the Sabbath on the seventh day (cf. Gen 2:3). He blessed it and made it holy through his word, as he did the rest of creation. The Sabbath is his and he has authority over it, which he has given to the Son. In fact, \u201cThe Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath\u201d (Lk 6:5).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Perfect Obedience:\u00a0<\/b>A Christian paradox is that even though Jesus is God and holds the same authority as God the Father, he does not seek to do his own will, but only the Father\u2019s will. He acts with perfect obedience, even unto death: \u201cAnd found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross\u201d (Phil 2:7-8). Being obedient to the Father\u2019s will is necessary for all Christians: \u201cNot everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven\u201d (Mt 7:21). We can imitate Jesus\u2019 obedience by spending time in silent prayer to hear and discern the Father\u2019s will for us. Then we can sing with David, \u201cI delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart\u201d (Psalm 40:8). When we are obedient, we demonstrate our love for God: \u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments\u201d (Jn 14:15). Obedience to God\u2019s will also brings us peace. French bishop and theologian Jacques-B\u00e9nigne Bossuet wrote, \u201cThe divine will gives us repose through our own actions and when we do what is required of us.\u201d In other words, when we do what God wills in our lives, we can be at peace, resting in the knowledge that we are being obedient to his plan\u2014he who always wills what is good for us and others.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Christ\u2019s Authority:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus Christ has authority over all of God\u2019s creation as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. He has been given authority to heal and cast out demons. God the Father has given him authority as the just judge of all creation. The\u00a0<i>Catechism\u00a0<\/i>teaches, \u201cChrist is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgment on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as Redeemer of the world. He \u2018acquired\u2019 this right by his cross\u201d (CCC 679). It was precisely by his obedience to the cross that he received the right to be our judge. Jesus also has been given authority over life itself. God is the author of all human life. \u201cAuthor\u201d is the root word of \u201cauthority.\u201d The one who creates a story is the one who owns it; he or she is the author. God is our author; thus, he holds ultimate authority over us. In fact, God the Father shares all his authority over creation with the Son. Jesus told his Apostles after his Resurrection, \u201cAll power in heaven and on earth has been given to me\u201d (Mt 28:18). The Father \u201craised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way\u201d (Eph 1:20-23).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, my Lord and King, I submit myself to your holy will. I am sorry for the times when I have been disobedient to you or rebelled against your authority. I sanctify you as Lord of my heart (cf. 1 Pet 3:15). Help me to listen to and become more obedient to what you are calling me to do for you each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will determine a specific way that I can grow in obedience to your holy will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472d0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"472d0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716d19a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"716d19a\" 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-a1f4de5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a1f4de5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"thursday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e01ce0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0e01ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa5adcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa5adcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 3, 2025 \u2013 Burning, Shining Lamps\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a09371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a09371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165976 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-03-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4b6f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4b6f52\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947345?theme=light\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" title=\"April 3, 2025 - Burning, Shining Lamps\"  frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947345\/\">April 3, 2025 &#8211; Burning, Shining Lamps | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775e29d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"775e29d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7c1c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7c1c44\" 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<div data-id=\"4a8bd151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3ad93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3ad93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor elementor-165975\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"165975\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365eb3cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-id=\"365eb3cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b6d080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b6d080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p class=\"p1\">John 5:31-47<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Jesus said to the Jews: \u201cIf I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John\u2019s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. But you do not want to come to me to have life. I do not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, help me to hear and believe your holy word. May I never doubt the truth of your divinity, nor your goodness, mercy, and love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>John\u2019s Humble Testimony:\u00a0<\/b>John the Baptist testified to the truth about Jesus\u2019 divinity in many ways. First, he recognized his role as the one who would prepare the way for Jesus. He said, \u201cI baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie\u201d (Jn 1:26-27). He pointed away from himself and toward Jesus: \u201cBehold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, \u2018A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me\u2019\u201d (Jn 1:29-30). He also testified directly to Christ\u2019s divinity: \u201cI saw the Spirit come down like a dove\u00a0from the sky and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, \u2018On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the holy Spirit.\u2019 Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God\u201d (Jn 1:32-34). May we strive to be \u201cburning and shining lamps\u201d who testify to Jesus through our words and actions.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Heavenly Testimony:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus\u2019 works, the Scriptures, Moses, and even God the Father all shone as burning lamps pointing people to Christ. Jesus\u2019 works testified to him by proving his divinity. At this point in the Gospel of John, Jesus had changed water into wine at the wedding feast at Cana, prefiguring the wine that he would transform into his blood at the Last Supper. He healed an official\u2019s son as well as a paralytic at Bethesda, demonstrating his authority over creation. The Old Testament Scriptures testified to him, with countless prophecies and types pointing to his coming. Moses even testified to him. Moses wrote of Christ, \u201cA prophet like me\u00a0will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kindred; that is the one to whom you shall listen\u201d (Deut 18:15). Most importantly, God the Father testified to Christ. At his baptism, \u201ca cloud came, casting a shadow over them; then from the cloud came a voice, \u2018This is my beloved Son. Listen to him\u201d (Mk 9:7). Just as some of the people in Jesus\u2019 time could not hear the voice of God, many people today are deaf to the truth because they do not believe in Jesus. Unfortunately, they deny the gift of eternal life that Jesus wants to bestow on them. May we truly believe in the truth about Christ and graciously receive the gift of life from Christ, the \u201cauthor of life\u201d (cf. Acts 3:15).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Vainglory:\u00a0<\/b>Seeking to please others is an obstacle to faith: \u201cHow can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?\u201d (Jn 5:44). Seeking the praise of other people gets in our way of loving God and others as they deserve. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, \u201cIf we perform righteous deeds in order to receive human recognition, we spoil the gift we could have given to God\u201d (<i>Summa Theologiae<\/i>, II-II, Q132, A5). When we act in this way, we shine light on ourselves instead of on Christ. This even applies to our religious practices. Jesus warned, \u201cTake care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father\u201d (Mt 6:1). The antidotes to vainglory are humility and purity of intention. We can purify our intentions by considering what motivates us most: love of God and neighbor, or love of ourselves and the attention we get from doing good things. The key is to pay attention to when this habit arises and note it, then intentionally seek to change our motivation. It might sound something like, \u201cI want to make this meal for my friend to help her in her time of need, not to impress her with my cooking skills.\u201d Or, \u201cI want to sing to give glory to God, not to draw attention to my voice or appearance. My talent is a gift from God that I want to return to him.\u201d We can also seek to imitate saints like John the Baptist who humbly pointed away from themselves to glorify God. John\u2019s intention can be our intention: \u201cHe must increase; I must decrease\u201d (Jn 3:30).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0My Jesus, erase all doubts that arise in my mind about your divinity, purpose, and goodness. I believe that you are the Son of God who came to save all people. Send me your Holy Spirit to ignite my heart to be a burning, shining lamp that testifies to you by pointing people to you and your glory, not to my own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Litany of Humility<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472d0ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"472d0ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-736ebbc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"736ebbc\" 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-e80374f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e80374f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"friday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8738306 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8738306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd4cd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abd4cd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 4, 2025 \u2013 Imago Dei\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c532e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c532e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165983 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165983\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-04-1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9473f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9473f4\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947346?theme=light\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" title=\"April 4, 2025 - Imago Dei\"  frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947346\/\">April 4, 2025 &#8211; Imago Dei | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2528b45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2528b45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a15ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a15ab6\" 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<div data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p class=\"p1\">John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, \u201cIs he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.\u201d So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, \u201cYou know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.\u201d So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, teach me how to pray (cf. Lk 11:1). Holy Spirit, come and help me understand your word. Father, help me to know you through your Son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>New Exodus:\u00a0<\/b>In this Gospel passage, Jesus was teaching in the Temple around the time of the feast of Tabernacles, which is a week of holy days observed by the Jewish people each autumn. They celebrated the harvest, made sacrifices to God, and commemorated their freedom from Egypt. They dwelled in tents or booths to recall when their ancestors wandered in the desert, waiting for deliverance into the Promised Land of Canaan. This ritual of Tabernacles, also called Sukkot, was one way the Jewish people entered into and experienced the historical event of the Exodus. Jesus would soon accomplish a new Exodus, delivering his people into the Promised Land of Heaven by his death and Resurrection. The Transfiguration introduced the idea of Jesus\u2019 new Exodus: \u201cAnd behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem\u201d (Lk 9:30-31). Peter was then moved by the Holy Spirit to proclaim a new feast of Tabernacles by building booths for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah (cf. Lk 9:33). This was Jesus\u2019 mission, the reason the Father sent him to Earth, to accomplish a new and greater Exodus: the salvation of the world.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>One Like Us, Yet Divine:\u00a0<\/b>The Jewish people did not recognize Jesus\u2019 Exodus mission, nor his divine origin. But they certainly thought they had him figured out. They \u201cknew\u201d who he was and where he came from. To them, he was just a poor boy from Nazareth: \u201c\u2018Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?\u2019 And they took offense at him\u201d (Mk 6:3). These people could not accept Jesus as the Messiah because he was too much like them. In his divine love, Jesus took on flesh and became man in order to be like us in all things but sin: \u201cNow 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, and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life\u2026 Therefore, he had to become like his brothers in every way, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before God to expiate the sins of the people\u201d (Heb 2:14-17). The Jewish people could not believe this was actually the divine Messiah, the anointed King of Israel. He was simply too common; he was too much like themselves. They could not comprehend how Jesus could be both God and man. St. Cyril of Alexandria wrote on the duality of Christ: \u201c\u2026 the Word, by having united to himself hypostatically flesh animated by a rational soul, inexplicably and incomprehensibly became man.\u201d With this statement, Cyril defined the hypostatic union: Jesus is fully man and yet fully God in a singular existence.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Imprint of the Father:\u00a0<\/b>The people could not understand Jesus because their minds were closed to the ways that God can work. They had God in a little box in their minds: \u201cGod works this way. He would never act in another way.\u201d They did not recognize Jesus because he was different from what they expected. In short, they did not truly know the Father, so they could not recognize his Son. \u201cJesus said to [Thomas], \u2018I am the way and the truth\u00a0and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.\u2019 Philip said to him, \u2018Master, show us the Father,\u00a0and that will be enough for us.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, \u201cShow us the Father\u201d? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?\u2019\u201d (Jn 14:6-10). When we come to know, love, and follow Jesus, he reveals the Father to us. Jesus is the \u201cvery imprint\u201d of the Father\u2019s being (cf. Heb 1:3), the true\u00a0<i>imago Dei<\/i>. The all-powerful, everlasting God became weak and mortal in order to introduce us to himself, that we might have life in him: \u201cFor just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself\u201d (Jn 5:26).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, I am in awe of your glory and your incomprehensible love. You work in ways I cannot begin to understand. You gave up your glory in Heaven to become a human like me to save me. You became flesh as a little child so I could imagine holding you in my arms. You come to me in the humble appearance of bread and wine each day so that I can hold you in my hands and in my body in order to become like you. Help me gratefully respond by being humble and small for others, as you are for me. Help me recognize the\u00a0<i>imago Dei<\/i>, the image of God in myself through you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray a Glory Be slowly, giving due glory to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit both separately and together in the mystery of the Holy Trinity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1782c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d1782c\" 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-becf45f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"becf45f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"saturday\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ae6ee elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d7ae6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a51820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a51820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 5, 2025 \u2013 All Things New\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2218e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2218e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165990 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165990\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-05-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764bd07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764bd07\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947347?theme=light\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" title=\"April 5, 2025 - All Things New\"  frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947347\/\">April 5, 2025 &#8211; All Things New | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c61fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c61fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f485eb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f485eb7\" 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<div data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div data-id=\"0b3ad93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p class=\"p1\">John 7:40-53<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, \u201cThis is truly the Prophet.\u201d Others said, \u201cThis is the Christ.\u201d But others said, \u201cThe Christ will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not Scripture say that the Christ will be of David\u2019s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?\u201d So a division occurred in the crowd because of him. Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. So the guards went to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, \u201cWhy did you not bring him?\u201d The guards answered, \u201cNever before has anyone spoken like this man.\u201d So the Pharisees answered them, \u201cHave you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, which does not know the law, is accursed.\u201d Nicodemus, one of their members who had come to him earlier, said to them, \u201cDoes our law condemn a man before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?\u201d They answered and said to him, \u201cYou are not from Galilee also, are you? Look and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, such chaos is happening in this passage. Why could these people not see you for who you are? Help me to hear your voice above the dissenting crowd. May I always recognize you as my Savior, King, and God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>You Cannot Ignore Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Everyone was bickering about just who this Jesus was and what his purpose was. One thing is for certain: he could not be ignored. The same is true today. Those who deny Jesus\u2019 identity as God must always negate their belief in him. He must be addressed. An atheist is exactly that, \u201ca-theist,\u201d one who denies there is a God. Surely this is one ironic sign of his divinity\u2014that he cannot be ignored. He is one who must be reckoned with. This could be an interesting way to engage with an interlocutor who does not believe in God, of course in a charitable way.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Division:\u00a0<\/b>It is easy to assume that Jesus came to bring peace to the world. After all, he is the Prince of Peace (cf. Isa 9:5). He brings peace, but not in the ways that one might think. Jesus said, \u201cDo you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law\u201d (Luke 12:51-53). Unfortunately, Jesus\u2019 presence brings division between the people who believe in him and those who do not. You can see the effect he has on the people in today\u2019s Gospel passage. They argued and pointed fingers at each other. Once Jesus completely establishes his Kingdom on Earth, then there will be peace. But until then, we will continue to confront the messiness of life.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>What a Mess:\u00a0<\/b>Have you ever noticed that to clean up a mess, you sometimes have to make a bigger mess to fully put everything into order? When you clean out a closet, you have to get everything out, sort it, determine what to keep and what to donate, and then put everything back. Things can appear to be in total disarray when actually they are being rightly ordered. This is one way that God works in our lives, and it is a mystery how his will unfolds for us. Life can look very messy when we are intent on orienting our lives to Christ, either for the first time or when we are working on a problem. Our old ways of doing things can appear like an unruly jumble of closet items, all piled up around us. We can be tempted to quit working and go back to what is comfortable, although disordered. But Jesus will create peace if we continue to order our lives toward him. He is Emmanuel, God-With-Us. In the end, he will live with us forever, and our lives will be perfectly ordered to him; our unity will be perfect: \u201cI heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u2018Behold, God\u2019s dwelling is with the human race.\u00a0He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away.\u2019 The one who sat on the throne said, \u2018Behold, I make all things new\u2019\u201d (Rev 21:3-5).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0My Jesus, sometimes this life seems in disarray. I see a tangle of knots that are issues and problems in my life and society, and I can get discouraged. Give me the courage to order my days in your peace when life is messy and help me look forward to the time when you will make all things new.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray a rosary to Mary under the title of\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Our Lady, Undoer of Knots<\/span>, asking her to help untangle an issue or mess in my life or in society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carey Boyzuck is a wife, mother, freelance writer, and lay member of Regnum Christi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c39b76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c39b76\" 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-48489d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"48489d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"sunday2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d0529 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"79d0529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3b883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c3b883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">April 6, 2025 \u2013 Wise and Merciful\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2446b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2446b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165997 lazyload\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-165997\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-06-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d7982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9d7982\" 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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947351?theme=light\"  style=\"width: 100%; 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But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, \u201cTeacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?\u201d They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, \u201cLet the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.\u201d Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, \u201cWoman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?\u201d She replied, \u201cNo one, sir.\u201d Then Jesus said, \u201cNeither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Heavenly Father, you created me for communion with you. Thank you for sending your Son to be our King, serving with perfect justice and endless mercy. Let me never test you; instead, let me come to you in humility and offer myself to do your will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Divine Justice:<\/b>\u00a0At the beginning of today\u2019s Gospel, the scene is a familiar one. Jesus, the teacher \u201cpar excellence,\u201d sat down and began to instruct the many people who had come to hear him proclaim the eternal truths of the Torah, along with his interpretation of this definitive word of God. We don\u2019t know what the specific subject was that day, but we do know that Jesus could have pulled from numerous tales of the God of Israel exercising perfect justice on his fallen world\u2014expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden perhaps, or sending the Great Flood, or smiting the Egyptians with the ten plagues. Lord, let me remember your divine justice and seek to always discern and do your will.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Divine Mercy:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">On this particular day, thanks to the conniving scribes and Pharisees, Jesus\u2019 lesson would be interrupted. If the crowd gathered that day had indeed been hearing about divine justice, they were about to also experience first-hand how such justice should be applied. The woman caught in adultery\u2014a sinner like you and me\u2014was guilty. Justice in that day and time demanded a penalty of death for such a sin (cf. Lev 20:10). Jesus invited all who brought the charge to search within themselves and to cast the first stone as long as they found themselves sinless. Divine justice allowed none to qualify. That fallen woman was freed to live a new life, changed forever by Jesus\u2019 penetrating divine mercy in these words: \u201cNeither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.\u201d Each of us, when we contritely approach the sacrament of Reconciliation, can be similarly freed from the shackles of sin.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The First Stone:<\/b>\u00a0Many have speculated on what Jesus may have been scrawling in the dirt while the scribes and Pharisees, one by one, departed as they realized they could not cast the first stone. Could it have been that Jesus just wanted these men to bow their heads as they contemplated their own sinfulness? Or was there something Jesus wrote that touched their hearts and allowed them to identify with this poor woman\u2014perhaps the Ten Commandments, or their names, or their own sins, or a question about the whereabouts of the man caught with the woman? Was the message in the dirt meant, instead, for the woman to read\u2014something to assuage her fear? This was the only instance of Jesus writing in the Bible, but we have no record of the message. We do, however, know the words that God has written on our hearts as we listen to this Gospel passage, words that convict us in our sin, but that also console us by making the Lord\u2019s mercy available to us. As today\u2019s psalm response reminds us, \u201cThe Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy\u201d (Ps 126:3).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Lord, I am sorry for the times when I have tested you, and for the times when I have committed offenses against you and the people whom you have placed in my path. Help me during these remaining days of Lent to examine my conscience frequently, and give me the grace to conform more to your will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will schedule a definite time to enjoy the divine mercy offered in the sacrament of Reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><br \/><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0Read Pope Francis\u2019 very first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/angelus\/2013\/documents\/papa-francesco_angelus_20130317.html\"><span class=\"s2\">Angelus address<\/span><\/a>, from March 17, 2013, reflecting on the episode of the woman caught in adultery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\">Andrew Rawicki and his wife, JoAnna, live in Irving, Texas, near seven of their nine grandchildren. A convert from Judaism, Andrew entered the Church in 1991 and has been a member of the Regnum Christi spiritual family since 2001. 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