{"id":167603,"date":"2025-04-05T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=167603"},"modified":"2025-04-03T22:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:39:35","slug":"weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-april-6-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-april-6-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Digest of the Regnum Christi Daily Meditations: April 6 &#8211; 13 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"167603\" class=\"elementor elementor-167603\" 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 April 6 - 13 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, April 6, 2025 \u2013 Wise and Merciful<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#monday\">Monday, April 7, 2025 \u2013 One with the Father<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#tuesday\">Tuesday, April 8, 2025 \u2013 The Great \u201cI AM\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#wednesday\">Wednesday, April 9, 2025 \u2013 Rejecting False Paradigms<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#thursday\">Thursday, April 10, 2025 \u2013 Jesus Is \u201cI AM\u201d<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#friday\">Friday, April 11, 2025 \u2013 Power in the Word<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#saturday\">Saturday, April 12, 2025 \u2013 Persecution for the Gospel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#sunday2\">Sunday, April 13, 2025 \u2013 Triumph and Sacrifice<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\">April 6, 2025 \u2013 Wise and Merciful\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\/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 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-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\/1947351?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 6, 2025 - 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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. He has served as the Regnum Christi Local Director for Dallas since July 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-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\">April 7, 2025 \u2013 One with the Father<\/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\/4-07-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166004 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\/4-07-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-07-1-768x512.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-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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947352?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 7, 2025 - One with the Father\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947352\/\">April 7, 2025 &#8211; One with the Father | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe>\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 Fifth 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 8:12-20<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus spoke to them again, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.\u201d So the Pharisees said to him, \u201cYou testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified.\u201d Jesus answered and said to them, \u201cEven if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge by appearances, but I do not judge anyone. And even if I should judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me. Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified. I testify on my behalf and so does the Father who sent me.\u201d So they said to him, \u201cWhere is your father?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cYou know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.\u201d He spoke these words while teaching in the treasury in the temple area. But no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Blessed Trinity\u2014Father, Son, and Holy Spirit\u2014you exemplify love and truth. I want to know you more intimately and imagine your goodness. Grant me the grace in this meditation to see through the darkness and respond to your light, and to refrain from judging others by appearances. Let me hear your words in Scripture, Jesus, and have them enter both my mind and my heart, so that I can better know the Father, with the help of your Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Shedding Light:<\/b>\u00a0The eighth chapter of John\u2019s Gospel started with the dark tale of a woman caught in adultery and an angry mob threatening to stone her. The situation was defused by impelling the crowd to come out of the darkness and look at themselves in the light of Christ. Jesus now explained in the following verses that he himself is the light. How should we approach this light? We must follow, close enough to \u201chear the shepherd\u2019s voice\u201d (cf. Jn 10:27) and to allow our hearts to be moved by his actions in our lives. May we cultivate a stronger habit of daily prayer, along with more frequent reception of the sacraments, confident that this prescription will keep us from slipping back into darkness.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Staying Close to the Light<\/b>: Scripture is rich with imagery of darkness and light. The second verse of the Bible tells us that God viewed the beginning of creation and saw darkness, compelling him to utter the first words of his that are recorded: \u201cLet there be light\u201d (Gen 1:3). God then assessed, for the first time, that something he created was \u201cgood\u201d\u2014light. Perhaps the most famous of all of the psalms, which begins, \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d reminds us (in today\u2019s psalm response) that this good light is available to us in our most troubled times. \u201cEven though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me\u201d (Ps 23:4). Jesus comes to our side and walks with us if we just allow him to be our light in the darkness. When we see a lot of darkness in the world, we know that Jesus has conquered the world. We fear no evil when we keep him close.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Glimpses of the Blessed Trinity:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Fearing the light of the world that threatened to expose their hypocrisy, the Pharisees sought to discredit this man Jesus. Why should they believe him? Any individual could make bold claims. The Jews had well-established practices about testimony, and they relied on their principle of two voices being authoritative when verified. Today\u2019s first reading from Deuteronomy 13, about the imperiled Susannah seemingly trapped by false testimony, should have been familiar to the Pharisees from their studies. They conveniently forgot that it isn\u2019t so important how many testify on one\u2019s behalf. Instead, the key is whether the source (or sources) of testimony possess integrity, which can be defined as \u201cbeing whole or undivided.\u201d Jesus taught them that day, and teaches us today, that he is one with the Father. When we consider the blessed Trinity, do we let this perfect model of integrity move us to glorify Our Lord? \u201cNow this is the Catholic faith: We worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity, without either confusing the persons or dividing the substance; for the person of the Father is one, the Son\u2019s is another, the Holy Spirit\u2019s another; but the Godhead of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, their glory equal, their majesty coeternal\u201d (CCC 266).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Lord, I am sorry for often hiding in the shadows, fearful of coming into your light. I should know from your frequent offering of mercy to me, and the many blessings that I have, that it is your will that I be filled with joy. Let me ponder anew the words you spoke to your disciples on the night before you died: \u201cI have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete\u201d (Jn 15:11).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will slowly and confidently pray Psalm 23, \u201cThe Lord is my Shepherd\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><br \/><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0Read the sections in the\u00a0<i>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/i>\u00a0that explain the dogma of the Holy Trinity (CCC 253-256).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">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. He has served as the Regnum Christi Local Director for Dallas since July 2020.<\/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 8, 2025 \u2013 The Great \u201cI AM\u201d\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\/4-08.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166011 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\/4-08.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166011\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-08-768x512.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\/1947353?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 8, 2025  -The Great \u201cI AM\u201d\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Where I am going you cannot come.\u201d So the Jews said, \u201cHe is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, \u2018Where I am going you cannot come\u2019?\u201d He said to them, \u201cYou belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.\u201d So they said to him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cWhat I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.\u201d They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, \u201cWhen you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.\u201d Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, I want to know you and follow you wherever you lead me. I thank you for your word that provides direction, and for your invitation to pray with the rest of your Church. Let your Holy Spirit help me better understand your word and more intimately meet you in this time of prayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Great Chasm:<\/b>\u00a0With penetrating clarity, Christ taught the stubborn Pharisees that remaining \u201cof this world,\u201d refusing to believe in the Christ or the Father who sent him, carries a death sentence. This delineation of two worlds, infinitely separated upon one\u2019s death, was further clarified by Jesus in the parable of the doomed rich man, who should have been kinder to the beggar, Lazarus: \u201cBetween us and you a great chasm is established\u201d (Lk 16:26). The only way to have life is to believe in Jesus. Lord, may we have the grace to believe always in your name, trusting your word: \u201c\u2026 to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name\u201d (Jn 1:12).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Act of Faith:<\/b>\u00a0What would it take for these Pharisees whom Jesus encountered, whose fate was not yet sealed on the wrong side of the chasm, to find eternal life? Jesus plainly articulated the first step: an act of faith. Those who looked upon him when he was raised up on a cross would need to accept that this, indeed, was the Christ, the only one who could claim to be the great \u201cI AM\u201d from the Torah story of the burning bush (cf. Ex 3:14). Those of us with the benefit of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church, must not be misled; we, too, must look to the cross and proclaim Christ, as \u201cthere is no salvation through anyone else\u201d (Acts 4:12).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Giving, Not Taking:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">How ironic that the Pharisees jumped to the strange conclusion that Jesus might be taking his own life. Only one thing might have surprised them more\u2014if Jesus was contemplating\u00a0<i>giving<\/i>\u00a0his own life. Indeed, the King of Kings would ultimately give over his life. Following in his footsteps are others who history tells us literally laid down their lives, such as well-known martyrs St. Stephen, St. Maximillian Kolbe, and St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein). Today, our priests and consecrated souls are counter-cultural people who themselves generously give over their own lives for the sake of the Church. Let us pray for more laborers in the vineyard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">I thank you, Lord, for your invitation to enter into prayer. You have the words of everlasting life, and you continually remind me of your willingness to meet me, whether it is in my sorrow, my doubts, my insecurity, or even in my joy. I look at you on the cross today and I recall the horrific day when my sins placed you on that hill at Golgotha. I also recall your words to the good thief, who looked to you with faith in your Kingship: \u201cToday you will be with me in Paradise\u201d (Lk 23:43).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary for friends or relatives who do not know Christ, and for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">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. He has served as the Regnum Christi Local Director for Dallas since July 2020.<\/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 9, 2025 \u2013 Rejecting False Paradigms\n<\/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\/4-09.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166018 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\/4-09.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166018\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-09-768x512.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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1947354?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 9, 2025 - Rejecting False Paradigms\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947354\/\">April 9, 2025 &#8211; Rejecting False Paradigms | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe>\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 Fifth 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 8:31-42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, \u201cIf you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d They answered him, \u201cWe are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, \u2018You will become free\u2019?\u201d Jesus answered them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father\u2019s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.\u201d They answered and said to him, \u201cOur father is Abraham.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cIf you were Abraham\u2019s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!\u201d So they said to him, \u201cWe were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cIf God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, thank you for these moments to be with you by pondering your words in the Scriptures. Bless me as I look for meaning and trust that you have a special message for me today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Catholic Meaning of Freedom:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus frequently preached that the truth will set us free. In our generation, some reject Jesus because they have a distorted view of truth and freedom. Truth, they say, belongs to the person who believes it and can vary from individual to individual. Freedom, the modern mind believes, is the ability to choose whatever we deem as good, or good for us, from among a limitless array of options. According to Pope Benedict XVI, \u201cWe are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one\u2019s own ego and desires.\u201d Catholics embrace Jesus\u2019 words and believe God is the fullness of truth. As Bishop Robert Barron says, freedom is \u201cnot so much liberty of choice, but rather the disciplining of desire so as to make the achievement of the good first possible and then effortless.\u201d We are disciples of Christ, and fight moral relativism by praying and being able to use Scripture in dialogue with others. \u201cAll Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness\u201d (2 Tim 3:16).<br \/><br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>My Word Has No Room among You:\u00a0<\/b>These descendants of Abraham were trying to kill Jesus because they couldn\u2019t (or wouldn\u2019t) accept his word. What drove the word of God from their minds and hearts? Sin. Perhaps the Pharisees suffered from arrogance, intellectualism, and intolerance. In their self-righteousness, they shut their hearts and proclaimed themselves judge and executioner of Jesus. Sin can also keep\u00a0<i>us\u00a0<\/i>from hearing God\u2019s will in our lives, even if we are trying to follow him as a disciple. May we stay close to the sacrament of Reconciliation to keep our souls free from even the smallest blinding or deafening sin.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Clinging to a False Paradigm:<\/b>\u00a0The Pharisees clung to the fact that they were Abraham\u2019s descendants, as if that had all the power of redemption they needed. By their insistence, they pushed away the only redemption that could truly save them: Jesus Christ, who stood before them. We can fall into a similar trap by forcing Our Lord into a box of our making or subjugating him to our earthly passions. Every time we consider \u201cwe know better,\u201d we are falling into a false paradigm. This denial of truth can sap our joy and leave us with the earthly remnants we cling to, rather than the heavenly joy for which we were made. Again, may we stay close to the sacrament of Reconciliation, which will help us to embrace truth and live joyfully.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversation with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, reading these lines of Scripture with hindsight, it is easy to judge the Pharisees for their hard-heartedness and presume I am different. Help me, Lord, to keep my soul pure through your sacramental grace so that I can embrace true freedom and reject all relativistic paradigms in my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will do a thorough examination of conscience and make a plan to attend the sacrament of Reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Maribeth Harper celebrated paying the last tuition bill for her kids\u2019 college by writing a book for moms who have college-aged young adults,\u00a0<span class=\"s2\"><i>And So We Pray<\/i><\/span><i>, Guidance for Moms with College-Aged Young Adults.<\/i>\u00a0She is a wife of thirty-five years, mother of four, and grandmother of nine and counting.<\/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-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 10, 2025 \u2013 Jesus Is \u201cI AM\u201d<\/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\/4-10.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166025 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\/4-10.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166025\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-10-768x512.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\/1947355?theme=light\" title=\"April 10, 2025 - Jesus Is \u201cI AM\u201d\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947355\/\">April 10, 2025 &#8211; Jesus Is \u201cI AM\u201d | 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 Fifth 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 8:51-59<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus said to the Jews: \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.\u201d So the Jews said to him, \u201cNow we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, \u2018Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.\u2019 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cIf I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, \u2018He is our God.\u2019 You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.\u201d So the Jews said to him, \u201cYou are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.\u201d So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Thank you, Lord, for this moment of prayer. As I reflect on these words of Scripture, I want to recommit to my Lenten resolutions out of love and gratitude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>You Are Possessed:\u00a0<\/b>As Jesus was preaching to these Jews, their rejection of him escalated until they called him possessed. They couldn\u2019t have been farther from the truth at this moment, despite their physical proximity to Jesus. Their passions stirred them to anger and their hearts were hardened to faith in Christ. They were sure of their wrongful assessment of him, but lacked true discernment. Discernment in a Catholic sense is the ability to sift through a variety of seemingly contradictory movements of the mind, heart, and soul and, by the power of the Spirit, align one\u2019s will with God\u2019s. To discern God\u2019s will for our lives, we need spiritual proximity to Christ through the sacraments and in our daily prayer. We can also benefit from regular dialogue with a spiritual director.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Never Taste Death?:\u00a0<\/b>It\u2019s a fact of human nature that most of us don\u2019t think much about death until we\u2019re at a funeral, standing by someone\u2019s deathbed, or very ill ourselves. This crowd was incited when Jesus said, \u201cWhoever keeps my word will never see death.\u201d But, had they seen the master of life and death for who he is, they might have been curious instead of incensed, hopeful instead of angry, open to the Spirit instead of hurling insults about devilish possession. Death is an inevitability for all of us and it behooves us to reflect on it periodically. When we do, we can embrace this encouragement from St. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se of Lisieux: \u201cIt is not Death that will come to fetch me, it is the good God. Death is no phantom, no horrible specter, as presented in pictures. In the\u00a0<i>Catechism<\/i>,<i>\u00a0<\/i>it is stated that death is the separation of soul and body, that is all! Well, I am not afraid of a separation which will unite me to the good God forever.\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>I AM:\u00a0<\/b>The Lord clearly revealed his divinity to this crowd of irate men, proclaiming \u201cI AM.\u201d They thought he was blaspheming, and they failed to recognize his divinity. But we know the truth. Before Abraham was, Jesus existed. This tells us that God is eternal. God is timeless. God is completely independent of his creatures. God never changes. And Jesus revealed by his suffering, death, and Resurrection that God is pure love. Reflecting on these words, \u201cI AM\u201d with the Holy Spirit\u2019s gift of fear of the Lord can help us to explore more deeply the inexhaustible nature of God.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, this group of people called you possessed and threw stones at you. If they had heard you with \u201cears to hear,\u201d they would have realized that you were clearly identifying yourself to them. What a generous and loving God you are! May I never lack the courage to approach you in my weakness and frailty because you show me in these verses of Scripture how much you want me to know your deepest reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will spend ten minutes reflecting on \u201cI AM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Maribeth Harper celebrated paying the last tuition bill for her kids\u2019 college by writing a book for moms who have college-aged young adults,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><i>And So We Pray<\/i><\/span><i>, Guidance for Moms with College-Aged Young Adults.<\/i>\u00a0She is a wife of thirty-five years, mother of four, and grandmother of nine and counting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-736ebbc e-flex 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https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-11-1-768x512.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\/1947357?theme=light\" title=\"April 11, 2025  -Power in the Word\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947357\/\">April 11, 2025  -Power in the Word | 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 Fifth 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 10:31-42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, \u201cI have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?\u201d The Jews answered him, \u201cWe are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.\u201d Jesus answered them, \u201cIs it not written in your law, \u2018I said, \u201cYou are gods\u201d\u2019? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, \u2018I am the Son of God\u2019? If I do not perform my Father\u2019s works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.\u201d Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, \u201cJohn performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.\u201d And many there began to believe in him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Thank you, Lord, for this opportunity to quietly reflect on your word. Increase my faith as I contemplate your awesome miracles. Increase my hope in your almighty power. Increase my love as I say with confidence, \u201c\u2026 everything John said about this man was true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><br \/>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Scripture Can\u2019t Be Set Aside:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus quoted Scripture to fight Satan during the temptations in the desert (cf. Mt 4:1-11) and here used a verse from Psalm 82:6 (I declare: \u201cGods though you be, offspring of the Most High all of you\u2026\u201d) to make his point to the crowd. Jesus was reinforcing for us that Holy Scripture<i>\u00a0is<\/i>\u00a0the word of God and that \u201cuntil heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law\u2026\u201d (Mt 5:18). It is our responsibility as Catholic Christians to know what the Scripture teaches. As St. Jerome famously said, \u201cIgnorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Believe the Works:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus entreated the people to believe in him, at the very least because of the works he accomplished in the name of the Father. What more miraculous, more mind-blowing, more nature-defying works did Jesus do in his healings and his raising of Lazarus from the dead? And his own death and Resurrection for the salvation of mankind? Surely his works spoke of the grandeur, majesty, and pure love of the Father. May we consider Christ\u2019s miracles with fresh eyes and renew our astonishment at the works he did for the glory of his Father, so that we may be drawn more deeply to faith.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>He Escaped:\u00a0<\/b>In several Gospel passages, we are told that Jesus defied angry crowds and walked away unscathed, miraculously disappeared, or \u201cescaped from their power.\u201d No matter how dangerously violent the crowds became, Jesus was in control of his circumstances. Our Lord has always been and will always be omnipotent. \u201cOf all the divine attributes, only God\u2019s omnipotence is named in the Creed: to confess this power has great bearing on our lives. We believe that his might is universal, for God who created everything also rules everything and can do everything\u201d (CCC 268).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, your word is powerful in my life. You often speak to me through the Scriptures, and for this I am grateful. Help me to see the familiar stories in ways that inspire me to conform to your will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace may I spend a bit of extra time reading your word, trusting that you speak to me in this way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:\u00a0<\/b>CCC<i>\u00a0<\/i>274: \u201cNothing is more apt to confirm our faith and hope than holding it fixed in our minds that nothing is impossible with God. Once our reason has grasped the idea of God\u2019s almighty power, it will easily and without any hesitation admit everything that [the Creed] will afterwards propose for us to believe\u2014even if they be great and marvelous things, far above the ordinary laws of nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Maribeth Harper celebrated paying the last tuition bill for her kids\u2019 college by writing a book for moms who have college-aged young adults,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><i>And So We Pray<\/i><\/span><i>, Guidance for Moms with College-Aged Young Adults.<\/i>\u00a0She is a wife of thirty-five years, mother of four, and grandmother of nine and counting.<\/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 12, 2025 \u2013 Persecution for the Gospel\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\/4-12.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166039 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\/4-12.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-166039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-12-768x512.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\/1947359?theme=light\" title=\"April 12, 2025 - Persecution for the Gospel\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1947359\/\">April 12, 2025 &#8211; Persecution for the Gospel | 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 Fifth 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 11:45-56<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, \u201cWhat are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.\u201d But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, \u201cYou know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.\u201d He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God. So from that day on they planned to kill him. So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples. Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves. They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, \u201cWhat do you think? That he will not come to the feast?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, be with me today as I read and meditate on your words in Scripture. I dedicate this time to the members of my family who do not believe in you and ask you for graces for their conversion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Jesus Divides:<\/b>\u00a0The presence of Jesus among the Jews divided them. Many of them who had come to Mary and witnessed Lazarus rising from the dead began to believe. Others didn\u2019t. They sought out the Pharisees, hoping most likely to put a halt to Jesus\u2019 miracles and preaching. This same kind of division occurs today, in our society and in our families. When believers in Jesus share their enthusiasm with adult children, for example, the result is sometimes fractious contention. Why? We can ask ourselves if our approach was overzealous or insensitive (too much too soon), if we felt threatened by their disbelief (How could they abandon what we\u2019ve worked so hard to teach them?), or if there was any arrogance or self-righteousness on our part. Any of these elements in our manner are likely to cause division instead of faith-sharing. The best way to share the faith is to live the Gospel truths and use words when necessary.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Sanhedrin:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus\u2019 ministry had grown from grass roots, person-to-person, into a political problem for the Jews governed by Rome. He had become so popular that the Pharisees and Sadducees convened the Sanhedrin, which had civil, religious, and criminal jurisdiction. Ironically, Caiaphas, the high priest, prophesied that Jesus would die for the sake of the nation. And they planned to kill him. Did any of these political leaders question this seemingly rash decision to kill Jesus? Only Nicodemus\u2014and he slipped out at night to interview Jesus privately. As disciples of Christ, we are called to be courageous in standing for the truth\u2014in the public square, at our jobs, and in our families. \u201cGod\u2019s love calls us to move beyond fear. We ask God for the courage to abandon ourselves unreservedly, so that we might be molded by God\u2019s grace, even as we cannot see where that path may lead us\u201d (St. Ignatius Loyola).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Will He Not Come?:\u00a0<\/b>Political and religious tensions peaked just as the Passover was beginning in Jerusalem. Many Jews went early to perform the required cleansing rituals, and we can imagine them speculating, even gossiping about whether the controversy would keep Jesus away. The Pharisees had given orders to turn Jesus over to the authorities, but the people were fascinated by Christ. Word about Lazarus had spread. Into this cauldron of sentiment, Jesus not only came to the feast, but rode in on a donkey and was received as a king. The crowds sang, \u201cHosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.\u201d In his omniscience, Jesus knew exactly what was at risk and entered Jerusalem to begin his Passion anyway. Love for each one of us was his sole motivation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>It sometimes feels like I am surrounded by unbelievers like the Pharisees who object to my \u201creligion.\u201d Jesus, you show me how to respond as I consider the tensions and objections raised against your preaching and miracles. I am to be humble and loving, calm and truthful. I know I can count on the Holy Spirit in those moments for inspiration. Thank you for the personal relationship we share. May I be an effective witness to your love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray \u201cCome, Holy Spirit\u201d whenever I feel tension or sadness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:\u00a0<\/b>Matthew 5:10-12: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Maribeth Harper celebrated paying the last tuition bill for her kids\u2019 college by writing a book for moms who have college-aged young adults,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><i>And So We Pray<\/i><\/span><i>, Guidance for Moms with College-Aged Young Adults.<\/i>\u00a0She is a wife of thirty-five years, mother of four, and grandmother of nine and counting.<\/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 13, 2025 \u2013 Triumph and Sacrifice\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\/04\/4-13.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-167556 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\/04\/4-13.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-167556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-13-768x512.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\/1972218?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 13, 2025  -Triumph and Sacrifice \" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1972218\/\">April 13, 2025  -Triumph and Sacrifice  | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe>\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-21cf343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21cf343\" 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\">Palm Sunday\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f6f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21f6f79\" 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<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Luke 19:28-40<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem. As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. He said, \u201cGo into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. And if anyone should ask you, \u2018Why are you untying it?\u2019 you will answer, \u2018The Master has need of it.\u2019\u201d So those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, \u201cWhy are you untying this colt?\u201d They answered, \u201cThe Master has need of it.\u201d So they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount. As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. They proclaimed: \u201cBlessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.\u201d Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, \u201cTeacher, rebuke your disciples.\u201d He said in reply, \u201cI tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0My Lord and Savior, today we recall your triumphant entry into<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Jerusalem and the bitter suffering of your Passion. I am overwhelmed by the sacrifice<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">you endured. Please give me a heart of gratitude for your selfless love. As I meditate<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">today on this painful Gospel, open my eyes to your love, your mercy, and my own deep<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">need for redemption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Triumph and Acclaim:\u00a0<\/b>Today our readings take us first from the joyous and<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, to the glorious events of Holy<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Thursday, and finally, to the betrayal, anguish, and suffering of Good Friday. During the Gospel reading and the procession with palms, we proclaim with the disciples, \u201cBlessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!\u201d (Lk 19:38). We are reminded of the Sanctus we say at every Mass and silently bow in heart and mind once again before our King in humble adoration. We ponder the majesty of Our Lord and give him the praise he is due. \u201cI tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!\u201d (Lk 19:40).<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Abandonment and Betrayal:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus asked an agonizing question in today\u2019s responsorial psalm: \u201cMy God, my God, why have you abandoned me?\u201d He had been wounded to the core when his friends fell asleep as he suffered in the garden of Gethsemane, when his disciple Judas betrayed him, when his right-hand man Peter denied knowing him. In our darkest hours, we can unite our suffering and feelings of abandonment to Jesus. He understands. He knows our pain. \u201cWait for the Lord; take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord!\u201d (Ps 27:14).<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Death and Redemption:\u00a0<\/b>In her books chronicling the lives and struggles of<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">several Church of England priests during WWII, author Susan Howatch reminds<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">us again and again that there is no Easter Sunday without Good Friday. Since we,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">as Catholics, know the end of the story, there is a temptation to<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">gloss over the grim reality of Holy Week. Although Jesus has indeed<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">conquered sin and death, and has in fact opened up the gates of Heaven to us all,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">his suffering and death\u2014this act of perfect love\u2014was an integral part of the process. His redemption of our souls was<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">only made possible by his suffering, death, and Resurrection. \u201cDo not pass one day without devoting a half hour, or at least a quarter of an hour, to meditation on the sorrowful Passion of your Savior. Have a continual remembrance of the agonies of your crucified Love, and know that the greatest saints, who now, in heaven, triumph in holy love, arrived at perfection in this way\u201d (St. Paul of the Cross). This Holy Week is a solemn period, given to us by Mother Church, to deeply ponder and appreciate all he suffered for us.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, how uncomfortable it is to really contemplate what you<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">did for me on the cross. To do so brings me face to face with my own sin. I ask that you<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">unite all of my sufferings today, whether large or small, to yours. I give you thanks for your<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">sacrifice. Jesus, heal me from sin and bring me ever closer to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Resolution:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today by your grace I will offer up any suffering, inconvenience, or annoyance I encounter<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">in thanksgiving for your sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p16\"><span class=\"s1\">Cathy Stamper lives in Maryland with her husband, Mike. They have been partners in<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">business, marriage, and parenthood for over thirty-one years. 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