{"id":169479,"date":"2025-04-26T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=169479"},"modified":"2025-04-17T00:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:12:01","slug":"weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-april-27-may-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-april-27-may-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Digest of the Regnum Christi Daily Meditations: April 27 &#8211; May 4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"169479\" class=\"elementor elementor-169479\" 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 27 - May 4 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 27, 2025 \u2013 The Gift of Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#monday\">Monday, April 28, 2025 \u2013 Come, Holy Spirit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#tuesday\">Tuesday, April 29, 2025 \u2013 Our Companion, The Holy Spirit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#wednesday\">Wednesday, April 30, 2025 \u2013 How Much Does God Love Us?<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#thursday\">Thursday, May 1, 2025 \u2013 Faith Needs to Grow<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#friday\">Friday, May 2, 2025 \u2013 I Give You My Littleness, Lord<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#saturday\">Saturday, May 3, 2025 \u2013 Knowing the Father Through the Son<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#sunday2\">Sunday, May 4, 2025 \u2013 The Catch<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 27, 2025 \u2013 The Gift of Thomas\n\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\/04\/4-27.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169354 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\/04\/4-27.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169354\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-27-768x512.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\/1987378?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 27, 2025 - The Gift of Thomas\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987378\/\">April 27, 2025 &#8211; The Gift of Thomas | 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-be3bae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be3bae0\" 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\"><h5 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-style: normal\">Second Sunday of Easter\nDivine Mercy Sunday\n\n\n\n\n<span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-8);font-size: 1.125rem;font-style: inherit;text-align: var(--text-align);background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5)\"><\/span><\/h5><\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e641a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e641a06\" 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-4a8bd151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"4a8bd151\" 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-165470\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"165470\" 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 20:19-31<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, \u201cPeace be with you.\u201d When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, \u201cPeace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.\u201d And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, \u201cReceive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.\u201d Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, \u201cWe have seen the Lord.\u201d But he said to them, \u201cUnless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.\u201d Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, \u201cPeace be with you.\u201d Then he said to Thomas, \u201cPut your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.\u201d Thomas answered and said to him, \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cHave you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.\u201d Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Dear Risen Lord, I come before you for this time of prayer\u2014to be with you, to listen to you, to let you look upon me. Open my heart to your Holy Spirit in this time of prayer; let me be docile to your inspirations and welcome you. I love you, Lord.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Jesus Passed Through Locked Doors:\u00a0<\/b>The doors were shut to the room where the Apostles were. More than lock and key, though, it was their fear and need for the Holy Spirit that kept them confined. They were still so afraid, still so unsure of how to comprehend all they had lived, and perhaps they were still afraid that the Pharisees would arrest and crucify them if their whereabouts were known. Perhaps they were still ashamed for having run in fear, not accompanying their Lord to his death. Whatever the source of their fear\u2014and whatever the fears that keep us locked up inside ourselves\u2014the Lord shows that just as he passed through death to new life, he can pass through the locked doors of our fears, too. Perhaps in this time of prayer, we can ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten our heart, reveal our fears, and let Jesus speak his peace over us.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>Forgiven Sins:\u00a0<\/b>We know this is a significant passage for many reasons; among them, Jesus establishes the sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus gave to his first priests the authority to forgive sins. It is striking that the Risen Lord, who knew the guilt and sorrow his friends had in their hearts, wanted to make some things clear from the very beginning: he forgave them their sins\u2014in particular their failure to accompany him to Calvary\u2014and breathed his peace upon them. He gave them his Holy Spirit, and then even extended to them the mission to forgive the sins of others in his name. Christ is, indeed, Lord of all, but he never wishes to burden us by that Lordship; rather, he makes himself servant, forgives us, and calls us to share in his mission of forgiveness.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><b>In Company With Thomas:\u00a0<\/b>Perhaps history has given Thomas a bad rap. But in him, the Lord has given us a great gift: he reminds us that he comes out to meet us where and as we are. He doesn\u2019t wait till we are perfect to seek us out; he doesn\u2019t wait till we are faultless to invite us to follow him and share in his mission. Pope Benedict XVI said of this instance of St. Thomas, \u201c<span class=\"s1\">It comforts us in our insecurity\u2026 because it shows us that every doubt can lead to an outcome brighter than any uncertainty; and, lastly, because the words that Jesus addressed to him remind us of the true meaning of mature faith and encourage us to persevere, despite the difficulty, along our journey of adhesion to him.\u201d Let us take great comfort in this brother and Apostle, Thomas, and like him, let the Lord draw our hands to his own, to find in Thomas\u2019s woundedness our own, and to gain strength for the journey of faith before us.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, you went out to seek your Apostles, your friends, because you knew how much they needed you. I also need you. Come out and meet me\u2014here, behind the locked doors of my fears and doubts. I do believe, Lord; help my unbelief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will prepare myself for my next confession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Beth Van de Voorde is a Regnum Christi Consecrated Woman, currently serving in pastoral ministry to families in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. When she\u2019s not reading Ratzinger or humming along to some song or another, you may find her making her pilgrim way through Spain\u2019s timeless history of faith, walking alongside the beautiful families and young people she\u2019s there to serve.<\/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 28, 2025 \u2013 Come, Holy Spirit<\/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\/04\/4-28-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169481 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\/4-28-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-28-1-768x512.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\/1987381?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 28, 2025 - Come, Holy Spirit\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987381\/\">April 28, 2025 &#8211; Come, Holy Spirit | 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 Second Week of Easter\n\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<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-167555\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"167555\" 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 3:1-8<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, \u201cRabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.\u201d Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.\u201d Nicodemus said to him, \u201cHow can a man once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother\u2019s womb and be born again, can he?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, \u2018You must be born from above.\u2019 The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Come, Holy Spirit, into my heart as I reflect on the words of the Gospel and listen to the message that will be your gift to me for this day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>What Can We Take Literally?:\u00a0<\/b>We can assume that Nicodemus was learned and high-ranking among his peers as a leading Pharisee. He made a nighttime visit to Jesus at great personal risk to his reputation. He acknowledged Jesus as a rabbi and recognized that \u201cGod is with him.\u201d Yet, his spiritual sensitivity failed him when Jesus spoke of being \u201cborn from above.\u201d Nicodemus apparently took Jesus literally and asked, \u201cHow can a man once grown old be born again?\u201d When we approach the work of the Spirit, especially in Scripture, we must be cognizant of discerning the proper sense. \u201cAccording to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral, and anagogical senses\u201d (CCC 115). The more time we spend with the Word, the more spiritually sensitive we\u2019re likely to become, and the less likely we\u2019ll be to misinterpret Jesus\u2019 actions in our life.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Christ Is Approachable:\u00a0<\/b>Nicodemus chose to visit Jesus under cover of dark, but many others of higher rank societally, and much lower as well, came to Jesus without reserve, in broad daylight, wherever he was\u2014in the synagogue, on a boat in the Sea of Galilee, at Lazarus\u2019 house, eating with sinners like Matthew and his friends, or at a well. What did they seek? The same things we look for in Jesus: peace, healing, security, and love. Jesus couldn\u2019t have spread his arms any wider than he did from the cross to embrace every race, creed, and color of humanity. All are welcome in his Kingdom. And as Christ\u2019s disciples, we are also called to make no distinctions\u2014to look at souls as Christ does, with unconditional love.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Mystery of the Spirit:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus told Nicodemus, \u201cThe wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d The Holy Spirit is perhaps the most mysterious person of the Trinity. We call the Spirit \u201cCounselor\u201d or \u201cParaclete,\u201d but those words don\u2019t begin to capture the Spirit\u2019s dynamism. \u201cThe Holy Spirit, whom Christ the head pours out on his members,\u00a0<i>builds, animates<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>sanctifies<\/i>\u00a0the Church)\u201d (CCC<i>\u00a0<\/i>747). When we are born of the Spirit, he burns away our sinfulness and transforms us by his gifts until we can\u2019t help but yield the fruits of the Spirit in our lives: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity (cf. CCC 1832).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, as a baptized Christian, I have been born of the Spirit. Help me to comprehend the workings of the Spirit in my soul so that I can more deeply appreciate the graces and gifts I have been given.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><br \/>Resolution:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today by your grace I will read something illuminating about the Holy Spirit. (The\u00a0<i>Catechism\u00a0<\/i>is a good resource.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">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.\u00a0She is a wife of thirty-five years, mother of four, and grandmother of eight and counting.<\/p>\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\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 29, 2025 \u2013 Our Companion, The Holy Spirit<\/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\/04\/4-29-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169482 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\/4-29-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169482\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-29-1-768x512.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-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\/1987382?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 29, 2025 - Our Companion, The Holy Spirit\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987382\/\">April 29, 2025 &#8211; Our Companion, The Holy Spirit | 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-0ce94d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ce94d7\" 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\">Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abc7749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abc7749\" 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 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-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\">John 3:7b-15<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus said to Nicodemus: \u201c\u2018You must be born from above.\u2019 The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d Nicodemus answered and said to him, \u201cHow can this happen?\u201d Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cYou are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? Amen, amen, I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to Heaven except the one who has come down from Heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Heavenly Father, you sent your Son into the world that I might know him; you give me your Spirit so that I might be born again in you. You give me life, and I thank you. Let me pause, in this time of prayer. Remind me of these truths; speak your life-giving word to my heart. I believe in you; increase my faith. I trust in you; increase my hope. And Lord, I love you. Let me know you more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>The Holy Spirit as Wind:\u00a0<\/b>Numerous Old Testament passages are referenced in this timeless and beautiful dialogue between Nicodemus and Our Lord. The wind that blows where it wills reminds us of the gentle breeze in which Elijah encountered the Lord (cf. 1 Kings 19:11-13). The Lord was not in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the tiny whispering sound of the breeze. Perhaps in recalling this imagery with Nicodemus\u2014and with us\u2014the Lord Jesus wishes to remind us that his Spirit is the true craftsman of holiness and that he does not ask us to be in control, but to lend ourselves, entirely, in faith to him.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>The Holy Spirit Lifts Up:<\/b>\u00a0Another Old Testament passage is referenced by Our Lord, here: Numbers 21:1-9, when the bronze serpent on the staff made by Moses brought healing to those who looked upon it. Pope Benedict XVI comments on this passage in a homily. He says, \u201c<span class=\"s1\">St. John sees precisely in the mystery of the cross the moment in which the real glory of Jesus is revealed, the glory of a love that gives itself totally in the Passion and death. Thus, paradoxically, from a sign of condemnation, death and failure, the cross becomes a sign of redemption, life and victory, through faith, the fruits of salvation can be gathered.\u201d Perhaps in prayer, we can pause and invite this same Holy Spirit to enlighten in our own hearts where we need the Lord to be lifted up, on his glorious cross, over the struggles, sufferings, and doubts in our hearts today.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>The Holy Spirit Gives Eternal Life:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe Lord, the Giver of Life,\u201d we pray in the Nicene Creed. This is also the title that St. John Paul II gave to his encyclical letter on the Holy Spirit, for it is for this purpose that the Spirit has come: to give us eternal life. The Lord has won this life for us through his suffering, death, and resurrection. Let us be neither surprised nor afraid when salvation is lived out in our individual stories through a sharing in Christ\u2019s suffering, death, and promise of Resurrection. May we learn to listen to the Holy Spirit\u2019s whispers throughout our life\u2019s journey.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, you promise eternal life to your followers, to be lifted up, for our sake, and to draw all things to yourself. Draw me to yourself, Lord, even if the ladder up to your heart is a cross. Teach me to listen to your Spirit and to respond to you, step by step, in faith, hope, and love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will strive to be attentive to the whispers of your Holy Spirit. At the end of my day, I will pause and reflect upon where and how you have made yourself present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0You may wish to read over and pray with the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2010\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20101104_suffragio.html\">\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">homily of Pope Benedict XVI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0mentioned in this meditation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Beth Van de Voorde is a Regnum Christi Consecrated Woman, currently serving in pastoral ministry to families in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. When she\u2019s not reading Ratzinger or humming along to some song or another, you may find her making her pilgrim way through Spain\u2019s timeless history of faith, walking alongside the beautiful families and young people she\u2019s there to serve.<\/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 30, 2025 \u2013 How Much Does God Love Us?\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\/04\/4-30-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169483 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\/4-30-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-30-1-768x512.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-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\/1987384?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"April 30, 2025 - How Much Does God Love Us?\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987384\/\">April 30, 2025 &#8211; How Much Does God Love Us? | 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 Second Week of Easter<\/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 3:16-21<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Heavenly Father, you desire that I might know you\u2014that all people might know you\u2014and welcome the salvation you so lovingly offer. I believe in your mercy. Let me begin this time of prayer from that place in your heart where you are salvation and closeness and mercy. How I need you to speak these truths in my life today! I trust in you, Lord, and I love you. Let me enter this time of prayer with you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Timeless Truth:\u00a0<\/b>Is there a passage from the Gospels more well-known or loved than this one, John 3:16? Reading this today, whether it strikes a deep chord or seems to slide off the back in trite repetition, let us ask the Lord to reveal this truth in a new, personal way. His word is life-giving, penetrating, and able to discern the thoughts of the heart (cf. Heb 4:12). He knows us more deeply than we know ourselves, and desires that we might have life, that we might share in his life. May this truth touch any shadows of doubt and darkness in our hearts today.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>This Love:\u00a0<\/b>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">This is one of the central verses of the Gospel,\u201d Pope Benedict XVI says in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/homilies\/2010\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20101104_suffragio.html\"><span class=\"s2\">the homil<\/span><\/a>y of November 4, 2010. \u201cThe subject is God the Father, origin of the whole creating and redeeming mystery. The verbs \u2018to love\u2019 and \u2018to give\u2019 indicate a decisive and definitive act that expresses the radicalism with which God approached man in love, even to the total gift, crossing the threshold of our ultimate solitude, throwing himself into the abyss of our extreme abandonment, going beyond the door of death.\u201d How radical, indeed, is the love with which God draws near to us. Do we pause often enough to consider that he offers us his whole self\u2014he who can be neither measured nor contained\u2014if only we will accept his love?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>This Light:\u00a0<\/b>Christ affirms that the light has already come into the world. The question is not whether he will come, but rather whether we will choose to receive the light. Pope Benedict continues,<b>\u00a0<\/b>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">God does not domineer but loves without measure. He does not express his omnipotence in punishment, but in mercy and in forgiveness.\u201d This, he says, is what it means to enter this saving mystery. \u201cJesus came to save, not to condemn; with the sacrifice of the cross he reveals the loving face of God.\u201d Let us not be afraid to let the Lord draw us to himself, though it means taking up our cross beside him and letting him bind our crosses to his own.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, you have come to reveal your Father\u2019s love and to give me life by your Spirit. You wait at the door and knock (cf. Rev 3:20), and sometimes I don\u2019t hear you knocking\u2014or maybe sometimes I do, but I don\u2019t want to open. Today, Lord, open my heart to this truth of your love and light which you come to proclaim. May your words bring healing to my heart today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will strive to make a Spiritual Communion at some point during my busy day to deepen my understanding of this passage of your Gospel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Beth Van de Voorde is a Regnum Christi Consecrated Woman, currently serving in pastoral ministry to families in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. When she\u2019s not reading Ratzinger or humming along to some song or another, you may find her making her pilgrim way through Spain\u2019s timeless history of faith, walking alongside the beautiful families and young people she\u2019s there to serve.<\/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\">May 1, 2025 \u2013 Faith Needs to Grow<\/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\/04\/5-01-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169484 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\/5-01-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-01-1-768x512.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-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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987389?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"May 1, 2025 - Faith Needs to Grow\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987389\/\">May 1, 2025 &#8211; Faith Needs to Grow | 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-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 Second Week of Easter\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 3:31-36<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from Heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy. For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Heavenly Father, I believe that you desire this time of prayer with me even more than I do. Open my heart to your words: I wish to hear what you have to say to me today. I trust in you and I love you, Lord. Risen Jesus, today make my heart just a little more like yours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>God Made Man:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things\u201d (Jn 3:31). How can we reconcile these words of John\u2019s Gospel with the fact of the Incarnation? Truly, Jesus Christ is the one who has come from above and is above all. And yet he is also the Lord who took on human flesh\u2014like us, in all things but sin (cf. Heb 4:15). The Lord\u2019s reference to \u201cearthly things\u201d in this passage are the things that are opposed to the life of the Spirit\u2014the life the God-man came to give. Our Lord illumines the earthliness around us\u2014not because he shunned it, but because he sanctified it. \u201cChrist\u2019s whole life is a mystery of redemption. Redemption comes to us above all through the blood of his cross, but this mystery is at work throughout Christ\u2019s entire life: already in his Incarnation through which by becoming poor he enriches us with his poverty; in his hidden life which by his submission atones for our disobedience; in his word which purifies its hearers; in his healings and exorcisms by which \u2018he took our infirmities and bore our diseases\u2019; and in his Resurrection by which he justifies us\u201d (CCC 517).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Spirit\u2019s Gifts:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit.\u201d Let us also read this truth in light of the Incarnation. Jesus, the Son of God, who truly took on our human nature, speaks the words of God to us, but he knows we need his help to understand and internalize them. He, therefore, showers us with gifts of the Spirit so that we can receive all he wants to give. What gifts are those? Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God. \u201cThe Gifts are more than a remedy, and they strengthen and confirm us in following the good inspirations and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Gifts bring us to hear and obey God readily, and they make doing his will our supreme delight\u201d (<i>The Gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/i>, by Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.).<br \/><br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Belief in the Son:\u00a0<\/b>John\u2019s Gospel reminds us that faith is the pathway to eternal life with God, a life he intensely desires to give us. We begin our journey at Baptism, which is called the doorway sacrament (CCC 1213<\/span><span class=\"s2\">)<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. The graces we receive through Baptism are kernels that must mature over time as we cooperate with God\u2019s grace. We can lose our faith, as this passage says, by disobeying the Son. But because God is so good, we have the sacrament of Reconciliation to restore us to the right path. God has given us every resource we need to grow in faith\u2014the sacraments, his word, a faith community, and so much more. May we journey unwaveringly toward him on the narrow path with hearts full of gratitude for the graces he gives us along the way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus, you came to reveal the face of your Father in your own, and to bring us to share in your life through the Holy Spirit. I believe that you dwell in my soul through Baptism; increase my faith in you. Help me to see how you are inviting me to make this faith real in my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace when I encounter a moment of difficulty, I will try to pause and make an act of faith, remembering that you are with me and wish to help me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0You may wish to read further in the\u00a0<i>Catechism\u00a0<\/i>on the grace of Baptism and the importance of the theological virtues, for example, section\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P3N.HTM\"><span class=\"s3\">1262<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and following, or section\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P66.HTM\"><span class=\"s3\">1812<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and following.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Beth Van de Voorde is a Regnum Christi Consecrated Woman, currently serving in pastoral ministry to families in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. When she\u2019s not reading Ratzinger or humming along to some song or another, you may find her making her pilgrim way through Spain\u2019s timeless history of faith, walking alongside the beautiful families and young people she\u2019s there to serve.<\/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 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\">May 2, 2025 \u2013 I Give You My Littleness, Lord<\/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\/04\/5-02-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169485 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\/5-02-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-02-1-768x512.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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987394?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"May 2, 2025 - I Give You My Littleness, Lord\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, \u201cWhere can we buy enough food for them to eat?\u201d He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, \u201cTwo hundred days\u2019 wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little.\u201d One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, \u201cThere is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for so many?\u201d Jesus said, \u201cHave the people recline.\u201d Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, \u201cGather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.\u201d So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, \u201cThis is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.\u201d Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Heavenly Father, I come to you in faith this day, wanting to hear what you are saying to my heart. Transform my mind and heart to be more like yours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Miracles:\u00a0<\/b>John set the stage for this miracle, noting, \u201cThe Jewish feast of the Passover was near.\u201d Immediately, we are invited to draw a correlation between this miracle and the Passover, which Jesus would bring to fulfillment in his own flesh, and which we continue to live with intensity during this Easter season. In this sense, the miracle recounted in today\u2019s passage is eminently Eucharistic. Although we were not among the hungry crowd delighted by the abundance of fish and bread, our experience may not be so different from theirs. At Mass, we observe the miracle of an abundance of Eucharistic bread, broken and distributed by Jesus in the personhood of his priest to the hungry crowd. \u201cYou come to me and unite yourself intimately to me under the form of nourishment. Your Blood now runs in mine, your soul, Incarnate God, compenetrates mine, giving courage and support. What miracles! Who would have ever imagined such!\u201d (St. Maximilian Kolbe).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>From Jesus\u2019 Heart:\u00a0<\/b>What must have been in Jesus\u2019 heart, as he looked upon this crowd and knew that his own Passover was drawing near? Perhaps we could read today\u2019s passage in light of the verses from John 3, which have been carrying us through this week. Jesus, our light and love, looked out over the crowd. His heart was moved to pity as he turned to his Apostles, asking them to assist him, inviting them to a deeper faith. He fed the crowds superabundantly. In return, he sought only to be loved as the Son of God. This is Jesus who came not to condemn us, but to save us. He who gave us his own flesh to eat: what would he not do for our salvation, for the life of the world?<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Miracle:\u00a0<\/b>What began as, \u201cWhat good are these for so many?\u201d became, \u201cGather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted.\u201d This miracle came about because the Apostles trusted in the Lord who asked for their few resources. When they brought their meager offerings to be blessed by him (again, this passage foretells of the Eucharist, which Jesus would also take, bless, break, and give [cf. Mt 26:26]), those offerings became life-giving to others. Our Lord delights to work with our poverty to bring about his Kingdom. Let us take heart, trusting that he will never laugh at the littleness we can offer, but wishes, rather, to bless it for the life of the world. \u201cBe patient because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently\u201d (St. Francis of Assisi).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus, you accepted the few resources your Apostles had to offer you and made of that very poverty something great for the world. In the Eucharist, too, you take what seems an ordinary piece of bread and make of it your Body and Blood. If you can do this, then you can make something of my own littleness. Here I am, Jesus; you know me better than I know myself. I want to be a vehicle of your grace for others. Work a miracle of new life in me, Risen Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will strive to make an act of trust, giving over to you some way in which I feel inadequate so that you can make of my littleness a vehicle for your grace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Beth Van de Voorde is a Regnum Christi Consecrated Woman, currently serving in pastoral ministry to families in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. When she\u2019s not reading Ratzinger or humming along to some song or another, you may find her making her pilgrim way through Spain\u2019s timeless history of faith, walking alongside the beautiful families and young people she\u2019s there to serve.<\/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\">May 3, 2025 \u2013 Knowing the Father Through the Son<\/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\/04\/5-03-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169486 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\/5-03-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-03-1-768x512.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-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<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987395?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"May 3, 2025 - Knowing the Father Through the Son\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987395\/\">May 3, 2025 &#8211; Knowing the Father Through the Son | 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-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\">Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles\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 14:6-14<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus said to Thomas, \u201cI am the way and the truth and 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.\u201d Philip said to him, \u201cMaster, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.\u201d Jesus said to him, \u201cHave 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, \u2018Show us the Father\u2019? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, I want to truly know the Father through the Son and to be with you in the Holy Spirit for all eternity. I also wish to encounter you here, in prayer, right now. You continually show me the way to live my life through your words of eternal life and your deeds, and also by the example of saints like James and Philip. Let me conform my life to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Way:\u00a0<\/b>Today\u2019s Gospel begins with a proclamation from Jesus about his identity: \u201cI am the way and the truth and the life.\u201d His earliest followers were energized, particularly with this notion that Jesus was \u201cthe way\u201d in which they could encounter what had previously been considered a distant Father. The God of their ancestors had not been approached since Moses met him on Mount Sinai, and, even then, the Father remained hidden. It must have been exhilarating to hear their friend and teacher speak of \u201cthe way!\u201d Of course, persecution and even martyrdom awaited those who chose to follow close to Our Lord on \u201cthe way.\u201d How courageous this fledgling band of men and women were, aptly labeled people of \u201cThe Way.\u201d Lord, let me never shy away from joyfully witnessing to you and your Way, encouraging others to follow you.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Truth:\u00a0<\/b>Pilate infamously asked Jesus en route to Calvary, \u201cWhat is truth?\u201d Ironically, Pilate was staring at Truth himself as he asked what he believed to be a rhetorical question. His answer was gazing back at him. St. James, who shares this feast day with St. Philip, wrote of the effects of this truth on each of us: \u201cHe willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures\u201d (Jas 1:18). Let us praise the Lord for calling us with the \u201cword of truth\u201d into being and to eternal life in his presence. Let us not lose our way in this world dominated by a \u201cdictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive,\u201d which is how Cardinal Ratzinger described these times in his final homily before becoming Pope Benedict XVI.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Life:\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"s1\">When we contemplate life, we are prone to think of what sustains us here on Earth: breathing, eating, exercising, being in communion with others. But this life is like \u201ca puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears\u201d (Jas 4:14). Jesus taught about the Eucharist, causing many to leave him because of the \u201chard sayings\u201d; Peter responded that he could not leave since Christ had \u201cthe words of eternal life\u201d (Jn 6:68). Jesus Christ, indeed, not only gave his earliest followers a way to follow and a truth to savor, but also a life to live in fullness here and to take into eternity. Furthermore, as he promised prior to his Ascension, he did not leave us orphans. He grants us the grace to enter into his Kingdom, allowing his Church, the Holy Spirit, and his Eucharistic presence to guide and strengthen us for the journey.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Lord, you are the way, and the truth, and the life. Following you is not always easy and is often not popular. However, strengthened by your sacraments, I am determined to discern and do your will. Grant me the grace to live in your truth, for your glory, and not to be deterred by difficulties that arise in this relativistic world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, particularly thanking you for not leaving us orphans when you ascended to Heaven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0You may wish to read Cardinal Ratzinger\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/gpII\/documents\/homily-pro-eligendo-pontifice_20050418_en.html\"><span class=\"s2\">homily<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in which he decried the \u201cdictatorship of relativism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Andrew Rawicki and his wife, JoAnna, live in Irving, Texas, near eight of their ten 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>\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\">May 4, 2025 \u2013 The Catch<\/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\/5-04-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169487 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\/5-04-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-169487\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-04-1-768x512.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-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\/1987396?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"May 4, 2025 - The Catch\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee\u2019s sons, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, \u201cI am going fishing.\u201d They said to him, \u201cWe also will come with you.\u201d So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, \u201cChildren, have you caught anything to eat?\u201d They answered him, \u201cNo.\u201d So he said to them, \u201cCast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.\u201d So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, \u201cIt is the Lord.\u201d When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea. The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread. Jesus said to them, \u201cBring some of the fish you just caught.\u201d So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, \u201cCome, have breakfast.\u201d And none of the disciples dared to ask him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d because they realized it was the Lord. Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish. This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, I ask you during this time of prayer to help me better recognize you in the blessings of my life, in those whom you place in my path, and in the Holy Eucharist. Give me the grace also to be grateful for your presence, and help me proclaim to others: \u201cIt is the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Changing Fortunes:<\/b>\u00a0Seven disciples of Jesus spent a night fishing and came up empty; not one fish found its way into their nets. All of their emotions surrounding failure and futility would have been swirling in those early morning hours. We have no reason to believe that their failure was anything more than bad luck, but they were likely beating themselves up for wasting an entire night with nothing to show for their efforts. Each of us knows the feeling of failure, and each of us deals with it in our own way, perhaps placing blame, perhaps putting on an air of false humility, perhaps just gritting our teeth and persevering. These fishermen\u2019s fortunes would soon change. Their glorified Lord, veiled as a stranger and addressing these men as \u201cchildren,\u201d suggested that they try one more time, hinting that perseverance, out of trusting obedience, would be the optimal path. Who alone warrants this trusting obedience? We receive our answer in today\u2019s first reading from Acts 5, when the Apostles proclaimed, \u201cWe must obey God rather than man.\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Weight:\u00a0<\/b>Peter, who had denied Jesus three times during his Passion, still had a heavy heart from his actions on that fateful eve of Good Friday. His sins weighed him down. The huge catch in their net that morning would have reminded him of that weight on his conscience. He may have thought something like, \u201cJust as I can\u2019t haul in this catchall alone, I cannot bear the weight of this guilt all alone.\u201d Thankfully, he had his friends to help him pull the massive catch ashore. His very best friend, though, the one who had laid down his life for him (and for each of us), would help him bear the weight that was on his conscience. In fact, he had already taken on the weight of mankind\u2019s sins by dying on the cross. The<i>\u00a0Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/i>\u00a0(605) reminds us, \u201cThe Church, following the Apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: \u2018There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.\u2019\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Recognition:\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"s1\">For some time, the weary fishermen didn\u2019t realize that it was their Lord on the shore. He was present under the appearance of \u201cany man,\u201d coaxing some flames up out of a charcoal fire. Eventually, the \u201cdisciple whom Jesus loved\u201d recognized this man as the risen Lord, perhaps due to his loving gaze or hopeful words. In an act of faith, Peter followed suit. The poignant scene from two millennia ago should evoke a response from us today, the Lord\u2019s Day. We will shuffle up an aisle towards the end of Mass and bow towards a priest, deacon, or extraordinary minister holding something\u2014nay, someone\u2014under the appearance of bread. Do we feel the love emanating from the consecrated host, acknowledging the mystery that this is not bread but our glorified Lord? Do we make a conscious, sincere, and grateful act of faith, saying \u201cAmen\u201d when we hear \u201cThe Body of Christ\u201d? When we are sent out after Mass, how do we convey this divine love out in the world?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Jesus, I thank you today for reminding me that you are waiting for me to come to you in sorrow for my sins, not to berate me but to offer your divine mercy. You do not wish for me to be weighed down; instead, you desire me to be filled with joy and spread your Good News to others. Grant me the grace to help you \u201cfeed your sheep.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will perform a good examination of conscience, particularly reflecting on which area of Church teaching is proving difficult for me to obey, and ask your help to do better in this area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Andrew Rawicki and his wife, JoAnna, live in Irving, Texas, near seven of their nine grandchildren. 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