{"id":170694,"date":"2025-05-03T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=170694"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:24:08","slug":"weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-may-4-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/weekly-digest-of-the-regnum-christi-daily-meditations-may-4-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Digest of the Regnum Christi Daily Meditations: May 4 &#8211; 11 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"170694\" class=\"elementor elementor-170694\" 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 May 4 - 11 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, May 4, 2025 \u2013 The Catch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#monday\">Monday, May 5, 2025 \u2013 Food That Endures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#tuesday\">Tuesday, May 6, 2025 \u2013 Signs and Wonders<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#wednesday\">Wednesday, May 7, 2025 \u2013 The Father\u2019s Gift<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#thursday\">Thursday, May 8, 2025 \u2013 Yielding to the Father<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#friday\">Friday, May 9, 2025 \u2013 Enlarging Our Hearts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#saturday\">Saturday, May 10, 2025 \u2013 Truth-Seeking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#sunday2\">Sunday, May 11, 2025 \u2013 Hearing Our Shepherd\u2019s Voice<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\"> May 4, 2025 \u2013 The Catch\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\/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 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-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<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987396?theme=light\" title=\"May 4, 2025 - The Catch\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987396\/\">May 4, 2025 &#8211; The Catch | 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-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\">Third Sunday of Easter\n \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 21:1-14<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. 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. 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<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/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\">May 5, 2025 \u2013 Food That Endures<\/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\/5-05.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170064 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\/5-05.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170064\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-05-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd1e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dd1e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987397?theme=light\" title=\"May 5, 2025 - Food That Endures\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987397\/\">May 5, 2025 &#8211; Food That Endures | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d55e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5d55e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monday of the Third 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-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<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-170061\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"170061\" 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 6:22-29<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.] The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left. Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks. When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found him across the sea they said to him, \u201cRabbi, when did you get here?\u201d Jesus answered them and said, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.\u201d So they said to him, \u201cWhat can we do to accomplish the works of God?\u201d Jesus answered and said to them, \u201cThis is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today I want to find you. I know that you are inviting me into a deeper relationship, out of love and for love. You tell me that to accomplish the works of God, I must believe. I believe, Lord; help my unbelief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>What More Do I Need?:<\/b>\u00a0Today\u2019s Gospel passage begins, unusually, with some bracketed text. This literary device is customarily used when an author wishes to add some clarity to the main point being developed. Of course, this particular \u201cextra information\u201d notes a miraculous multiplication of loaves and fishes, followed by an equally miraculous walk on the surface of the water! What are we, the reader, to make of this? What is being clarified is not the narrative that follows, but the essence of the protagonist of the scene. This Jesus whom the crowds sought was not just a man, but God incarnate. \u201cThe Father and I are one\u201d (Jn 10:30). The time for disbelief, or even passive indifference, had passed.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>He Knows Our Hearts:\u00a0<\/b>The crowds desperately desired an encounter with Jesus and went to great lengths to find him. But when they found him, they were too embarrassed to state why they had come; instead, they asked a meaningless question about the time of his arrival. Thankfully, Christ knew what was on their hearts, and he conveyed this to the crowds instead of entertaining their question. For us, the message should be comforting. Jesus desires an encounter with us. He wants us to respond to his invitation to \u201ccome to the other side.\u201d He will work with whatever we bring him, no matter how insufficient it may seem to us. We need only recall his words before multiplying the loaves: \u201cBring them here to me\u201d (Mt 14:18).<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Sent:\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"s1\">When someone in the crowd asked, \u201cWhat can we do to accomplish the works of God?\u201d Jesus told him to believe in the \u201cone he sent.\u201d We often refer to one or the other of \u201cthe Twelve\u201d as Apostles, or St. Paul as the \u201cApostle to the Gentiles,\u201d meaning that they have been \u201csent\u201d on a mission from God. Rarely do we acknowledge, though, that Jesus, the second Person of the Holy Trinity, was the original Apostle, as he clearly identified himself in this Gospel as the one whom the Father \u201csent.\u201d The third-century Bishop Athanasius was exiled multiple times by civic leaders and even Church officials for his staunch opposition to the Arian heresy. Ultimately, this great Doctor of the Church, who never stopped perceiving that he was being \u201csent,\u201d and sent so that many would come to believe the truth about the Holy Trinity, prevailed. Praise be to God for this saint\u2019s perseverance in following the lead of the original Apostle in spreading truth. We, too, are sent at the end of every Mass to spread truth in generosity to those whom God places in our path.<\/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, despite my unworthiness. You desire that I grow in wisdom from your teaching, and urge me to freely accept your gift of faith. Grant me the grace to accept this gift, along with hope and love, and to let these theological virtues fill me and spill over to others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will slowly pray with Psalm 119, from which the responsorial psalm is taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">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>\n<\/div>\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\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\">May 6, 2025 \u2013 Signs and Wonders\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\/04\/5-06.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170070 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\/5-06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170070\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-06-768x512.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-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<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987399?theme=light\" title=\"May 6, 2025 - Signs and Wonders\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987399\/\">May 6, 2025 &#8211; Signs and Wonders | 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-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\">Tuesday of the Third 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-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 6:30-35<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The crowd said to Jesus: \u201cWhat sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:\u00a0<i>He gave them bread from heaven to eat<\/i>.\u201d So Jesus said to them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d So they said to Jesus, \u201cSir, give us this bread always.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cI am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to me as I turn my heart to you. I need your resurrected power and life. Make my heart burn while you speak to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<b>Encountering Christ:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Asking for Signs:\u00a0<\/b>You may recall in yesterday\u2019s reading that the Galileans asked Jesus what work they must do. Jesus invited them to believe in him. And just a moment later they asked again, \u201cWhat sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?\u201d It is reminiscent of the Israelites in the desert asking Moses for signs after they had already walked through the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments, manna from heaven, and water from a rock. These people followed because they witnessed the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes just the day before, yet they asked again. We, too, have also seen so much, and yet we struggle in our faith. We ask for signs. When we don\u2019t see the answer from God that we want, we can get quite discouraged and question God\u2019s power or providence. Let\u2019s reflect on moments when it has been hard to see God\u2019s power, our moments of questioning, and ask for an increase in faith.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Holy Moses:<\/b>\u00a0The people themselves invoked Moses, almost as if to say, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you be like Moses?\u201d Once again, they want signs and wonders on their terms in order to believe in Jesus. Yet Jesus had to make the same point he made earlier. The signs he offered were like the signs Moses offered. They point to God\u2019s power. It was God who was at work, both then and now. The Trinity was present in the divine person of Jesus Christ. Just as God had fed them with manna through Moses, he was now sending a new and more perfect and eternal nourishment in Jesus.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Real Bread:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cSir, give us this bread always,\u201d the crowd asked. They wanted a bread that would give them life. That was why they pursued Jesus across the lake and followed his signs. They wanted life! They wanted salvation! They wanted God! Jesus could offer them that and much more. He told them as much when he said, \u201cI am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.\u201d\u00a0The answer to all we long for is Jesus Christ. He is the bread that will satisfy us forever. Let\u2019s spend some time expressing to Jesus how much we want him and beg for the graces of the Spiritual Communion prayer that says \u201cnever let me be parted from you.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, may I seek you with all my heart and for all the right reasons. I desire the infinite and the eternal. To never go hungry! To never thirst again! I know you can provide that and so much more. I love you and want to follow you all the days of my life. Indeed, never let me be parted from you. Amen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today by your grace I will pray a spiritual communion to unite myself to the Eucharist being celebrated around the world. \u201cMy Jesus, I believe you are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord\u2019s own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist. \u201cAt the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and Resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet \u2018in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us\u2019\u201d (<i>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/i>\u00a01322-23).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Fr. Mark Haydu, LC, is a priest living in Rye, New York. He currently serves as the local New York Chaplain for the Lumen Institute, where he offers spiritual coaching to business leaders seeking to integrate faith, character, and leadership.\u00a0He hails from Akron, Ohio.<\/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\">May 7, 2025 \u2013 The Father\u2019s Gift\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\/5-07.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170077 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\/5-07.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170077\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-07-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0b0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd0b0dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/1987400?theme=light\" title=\"May 7, 2025 - The Father\u2019s Gift\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987400\/\">May 7, 2025 &#8211; The Father\u2019s Gift | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9f47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a9f47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wednesday of the Third 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-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 6:35-40<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus said to the crowds, \u201cI am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from Heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Lord Jesus, grant me simplicity of heart. Help me to know how much you love me and how much you desire for me to live with you forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Believing:<\/b>\u00a0John 6, also called The Bread of Life discourse, is one of the most theologically complex chapters in the Gospel, and yet we must understand it to know who Jesus is! Jesus is the Father\u2019s gift, the greatest gift. He sustains us in this life and makes eternal life possible. He invites us to feed on him, learn from him, and allow him to transform our lives. In this passage, Jesus had just performed a great miracle by multiplying the loaves and fish to feed the five thousand (cf. Jn 6:1-15). Then he walked on the stormy sea (cf. Jn 6:16-21) where he declared I AM (cf. Jn 6:20), harkening back to the stormy chaos of the beginning of the book of Genesis and the Exodus where God revealed himself to Moses as I AM. After a brief introduction (cf. Jn 6:22-31), where the people were \u201cseeking Jesus,\u201d he began his most challenging sermon of all in John 6:35, where he declared, \u201cI am the bread of life.\u201d This teaching was not just philosophically challenging to first-century Jews\u2014it was utterly disgusting. Their laws were clear. You shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood (cf. Lev 3:17). For us, more than two thousand years later, the teaching of the doctrine of the \u201cReal Presence\u201d can still be difficult, as is evidenced by the August 2019 Pew Research Study stating that just one-third of Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ. Dismal statistics, indeed; yet, as Vatican II reminds us, \u201cHe is really, truly, and substantially present to us in the consecrated elements.\u201d The Father works on people\u2019s hearts and moves them to faith in Jesus. May he deepen our appreciation of the Eucharist.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Reconciling:\u00a0<\/b>St. Paul says that God\u2019s whole purpose is to \u201creconcile all things\u201d to himself (cf. Col 1:20). Jesus is the great gathering force for which the early Jews were waiting. He is the Suffering Servant, coming only to do his Father\u2019s will, to defeat death, to open the gates of Heaven for us, to bring us home. Just as a hen gathers its chicks under its wings, Christ comes to set things right, to bring us back in line, or as the old song says, to \u201cGather Us In.\u201d We can be confident when we pray and intercede for others that the Lord\u2019s desires are even stronger than ours to \u201cgather them in.\u201d<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Living:<\/b>\u00a0We\u2019re all born with an immortal soul, which will live forever. Christ here helps us see with clarity what\u2019s needed to gain eternal life and live forever with him: faith. That\u2019s what he asked of Martha when she approached him after her brother Lazarus\u2019s death. Jesus promises eternal life to those who believe. He, in his flesh, fulfills all the Old Testament prophecies. He is the Word, the wisdom of God, made flesh. He gives God a face. He makes the invisible visible. All this he does for us so that our faith will grow.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Through faith in the Eucharistic mystery, help me to love and imitate you, to receive your Body and Blood reverently and frequently, and to boldly witness to the gift I have been given and the promise of eternal life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace help me to grow in holiness and love, to make you the center of my life, by making the Eucharist the center of my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0Read St. John Paul IIs last encyclical,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_20030417_eccl-de-euch.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Ecclesia de Eucharistia<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>(The Church Comes from the Eucharist), to understand that the Eucharist is the very soul and life of the Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Janet Scanlan is a lifelong Catholic, wife, mother, and grandmother who is passionate about helping people know and live the love of Christ through marriage ministry, evangelization, writing, and work as a spiritual director.<\/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 8, 2025 \u2013 Yielding to the Father\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a09371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a09371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170084 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\/5-08.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-08-768x512.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-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\/1987401?theme=light\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" title=\"May 8, 2025 - 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It is written in the prophets:\u00a0<i>They shall all be taught by God.<\/i>\u00a0Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from Heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from Heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Lord Jesus, you continue to call me closer to you my whole life long. Help me, today, to take one step closer, to surrender any doubt, to learn to rest in you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Gift of Grace:<\/b>\u00a0Jesus knew this teaching was a difficult one. His meaning wouldn\u2019t be fully revealed until the Last Supper, with the institution of the Eucharist. He asked them to believe in him then, and he invites us to believe now. We don\u2019t come to faith in Jesus on our own. \u201cFaith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him\u201d (CCC 153). The whole of our spiritual life begins with grace. We are just responding to the gift of life, the gift of grace, the gift of God instilled in us from the moment of our Baptism. Jesus alone can enlighten our hearts to see God is Love. Lord, increase our faith!<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>The Face of God:\u00a0<\/b>In the Old Testament, the Jewish people slowly learned to appreciate that God was nourishing them with manna and with the Torah, or Law. But they longed to see the \u201cface\u201d of their Provider. Jesus makes seeing the face of God possible. As he told Philip in John 14:9, \u201cwhen you see me, you see the Father.\u201d By believing in him, we are offered a perfect and loving image of the Father as well as nourishment for our souls in the Eucharist, forgiveness of sin, and a new life\u2014eternal life. Lord, show us your face!<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Bread from Heaven:<\/b>\u00a0For a second and third time in this Gospel, Jesus claimed to be bread come down from Heaven. His flesh is life-giving and is meant for the whole world. Without Jesus\u2019 suffering in the flesh, dying in the flesh, and rising into eternal life, we would be doomed in our flesh. \u201cHe who is all-knowing knew of nothing more that he could give than the Eucharist. He who is all-powerful could not do any more than he does in the sacrament and he who is all-loving had nothing more that he could give. The Eucharist is a Divine storehouse filled with every virtue\u201d (St. Augustine).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, I believe that eternal life comes from eating your Body and drinking your Blood. Help me to always believe, to always respond to the gift of faith I have been given. Help me, by my life, to witness to the difference this makes in my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today by your grace I will strive to see you really present in the Eucharist I receive at Mass and also in my brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Janet Scanlan is a lifelong Catholic, wife, mother, and grandmother who is passionate about helping people know and live the love of Christ through marriage ministry, evangelization, writing, and work as a spiritual director.<\/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 9, 2025 \u2013 Enlarging Our Hearts\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c532e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c532e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170090 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\/5-09-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170090\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-09-1-768x512.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\/1987402?theme=light\" title=\"May 9, 2025 - Enlarging Our Hearts\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/1987402\/\">May 9, 2025 &#8211; Enlarging Our Hearts | 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 Third 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-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<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-170076\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"170076\" 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 6:52-59<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, \u201cHow can this man give us his Flesh to eat?\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true drink. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from Heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.\u201d These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, I come to you now in this time of prayer to ask for understanding. I want to experience your great love for me and to remember you gave your very life so that I might have life eternal. Lord, you love me more than life itself. Please enlarge my heart to receive your love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Unless You Eat:\u00a0<\/b>The Jews began to quarrel. Jesus knew this concept was very difficult, virtually impossible, for them to wrap their minds around because not only was it philosophically challenging to first-century Jews, it was also utterly disgusting. Their laws were clear. They were forbidden to eat blood, for the blood is life, and they shall not eat the life with the meat (cf. Deut 12:23). Yet, Jesus added the word \u201cunless\u201d and turned their hearts to the true purpose of living. St. Thomas Aquinas said that, although in all of the sacraments the power of Christ is present, in the Eucharist Christ himself is present. The centrality of the Eucharist is paramount, the hinge upon which our life and the life of the Church turns. What a great gift and profound mystery the Eucharist is. Seeing is not always believing. We must first exercise the great gift of our faith in order to see.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Living Presence:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus taught that God the Father is his very life. His own vital relationship with the Father flows out to his followers as we are nourished on him. Today, Christ\u2019s living presence radiates life from every tabernacle in the world. His invitation to \u201cremain\u201d in him is essential to our spiritual well-being because he told us, \u201cwithout me you can do nothing\u201d (Jn 15:5). We become partakers of the divine life by consuming Christ in the sacrament of Holy Communion. May we truly be the living presence of Christ to others in this world!<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Fear of Dying:<\/b>\u00a0The people of Israel ate the manna in the wilderness yet still died. Jesus reminded his listeners of this to highlight the radical claim he was making about the Eucharist. This bread, which is his flesh, is \u201creally, truly, and substantially\u201d (CCC 1374) different. It is the bread of Heaven, and by his death and Resurrection, Christ united Heaven and Earth. He conquered death and has given us the opportunity to trust in him and thereby shed any fear of death. As the martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch said, \u201cJesus\u2019 Eucharistic love is \u2018the medicine of immortality.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, I know I can\u2019t do life on my own and that I need you. Help me to receive the Eucharist worthily, to spend time with you in adoration, to grow in holiness and love so that I can serve you in others. Strengthen me with your grace and enlarge my heart to love and serve more perfectly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace help me to remember that when I serve and love others, I am serving and loving you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:\u00a0<\/b>Read the\u00a0<i>Catechism of the Catholic Churc<\/i>h 1382-1401 on the nature and benefits of Holy Communion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Janet Scanlan is a lifelong Catholic, wife, mother, and grandmother, who is passionate about helping people know and live the love of Christ through marriage ministry, evangelization, writing, and work as a spiritual director.<\/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<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\" 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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 Third 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-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 6:60-69<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many of the disciples of Jesus who were listening said, \u201cThis saying is hard; who can accept it?\u201d Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, \u201cDoes this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.\u201d Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him. And he said, \u201cFor this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.\u201d As a result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer walked with him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, \u201cDo you also want to leave?\u201d Simon Peter answered him, \u201cMaster, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, I often find that your words challenge me and that your laws are \u201chard to accept.\u201d As I come before you in prayer today, bless me and strengthen my heart to obey you without hesitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>This Saying Is Hard:\u00a0<\/b>Christ had just revealed to his followers his divine plan to become \u201cliving\u201d bread. The Eucharist was to be his way of uniting intimately to each one of us from generation to generation. Jews of that era had been taught not to consume the blood of animals, so this was a difficult moment for them. \u201cDoes this shock you?\u201d Jesus asked. What would have happened if someone in the crowd answered simply and humbly, \u201cYes, Lord. Could you explain further? I want to learn.\u201d Instead, they murmured among themselves. What do we do when we find ourselves challenged by a tenet of Church teaching? Do we spend time praying, studying, inquiring, and humbly seeking the truth? Do we take our struggle to Christ, admitting we are shocked, burdened, confused, or angry? He welcomes our angst and suffers with us as he gently guides us to truth.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Jesus Knew:\u00a0<\/b>Jesus worked tirelessly in ministry, suffered in agony, and hung on a cross even though he knew people would reject him. And some of those who rejected him would do so not because of misunderstanding, but because they\u00a0<i>chose not to believe<\/i>\u2014they wanted their own way. Not only would individual souls reject him, but Jesus also knew that some would actively collaborate with darkness to betray him\u2014and still do. Yet, he suffered anyway. Even his friends, those of us with whom Jesus celebrates this Easter Season, let him down at least seven times a day (cf. Prov 24:16). What magnanimity Our Lord shows us in this moment. Although some of his disciples walked away, Jesus was not deterred from the Father\u2019s plan for our redemption. In fact, he would have died for just one of us!<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Former Way of Life?: <\/b>Many of Jesus\u2019 disciples returned to their \u201cformer way of life,\u201d in other words, life without Christ. It can be easy to live without Christ when life is joyful. However, life can seem unbearable when we try to suffer without him. Only by faith can we find joy in suffering. The saints bear witness to this: \u201cAll the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ\u201d (St. Ignatius of Loyola). \u201cFrom the moment I came to love suffering, it ceased to be a suffering for me. Suffering is the daily food of my soul\u201d (St. Faustina). When we are afraid of suffering, we can take consolation in what Jesus told St. Faustina: \u201cDo not be afflicted if your heart often experiences repugnance and dislike for sacrifice. All its power rests in the will, and so these contrary feelings, far from lowering the value of the sacrifice in my eyes, will enhance it.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, you know how difficult I can find it to bend my will to yours, especially when your words are difficult for me to understand. Help me to rely not on my own understanding but to genuinely seek truth. By your grace, I have no desire to return to my former way of life, but help me to be faithful during difficult or painful moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Resolution:\u00a0<\/b>Lord, today by your grace I will offer up every inconvenience or suffering for the sake of souls with confidence that it pleases you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>For Further Reflection:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cBy his passion and death on the cross Christ has given a new meaning to suffering: it can henceforth configure us to him and unite us with his redemptive Passion\u201d (CCC 1505).<\/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;<i>\u00a0Guidance 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\">May 11, 2025 \u2013 Hearing Our Shepherd\u2019s Voice<\/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\/05\/5-11.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11-768x512.png 768w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170688 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\/05\/5-11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-170688\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11.png 900w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-11-768x512.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<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/2011260?theme=light\" title=\"May 11, 2025 - Hearing Our Shepherd\u2019s Voice\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"154px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/2011260\/\">May 11, 2025 &#8211; Hearing Our Shepherd\u2019s Voice | 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-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\">Fourth Sunday 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-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\">John 10:27-30<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jesus said: \u201cMy sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father\u2019s hand. The Father and I are one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Opening Prayer:\u00a0<\/b>Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Encountering Christ:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>My Sheep Hear My Voice:<\/b>\u00a0\u201cMy sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.\u201d Jesus spoke these words during the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah, the feast founded by Judas Maccabaeus to commemorate the cleansing of the Temple and the restoration of its services after the defilement by Antiochus Epiphanes. Jesus was standing in Solomon\u2019s Portico in the Temple of Jerusalem. Solomon was the son of David, the young shepherd who God anointed as King of Israel one thousand years before Jesus. Jesus\u2019 words here were in response to the crowd of Jews who asked him, \u201cHow long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.\u201d Jesus responded as asked because every Jew in that time knew God\u2019s house was the Temple. Every Jew knew they were the chosen people. Every Jew knew sheep refuse to follow any voice other than their master\u2019s. Every Jew knew only God could give eternal life. Jesus was speaking very plainly here. How many of them would allow Jesus\u2019 words to penetrate their hearts? How many would let Jesus heal them of their spiritual blindness and see he is the Messiah? Do we believe Jesus is who he says he is? If so, are we willing to follow him completely, refusing to listen to any other voice that is not God?<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Belonging to God:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cNo one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father\u2019s hand.\u201d This statement revealed Jesus\u2019 great desire to draw those listening even deeper into an understanding of his relationship as the Son of God to God the Father. His words here evoked Psalm 100:3, which we pray today, \u201cKnow that the Lord is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. We are his people, the sheep of his flock.\u201d The\u00a0<i>Catechism\u00a0<\/i>teaches, \u201cIt pleased God in his goodness and wisdom, to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will. His will was that men should have access to the Father, through Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Holy Spirit, and thus become sharers in the divine nature (CCC 50).\u201d We can judge the Jews for not seeing what seems obvious, but how often are we blind to the awesome reality that we know we are children of God because God has chosen to reveal that to us?<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>One in the Holy Trinity:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe Father and I are one.\u201d Jesus, the Word made Flesh, could not speak more plainly to the Jews\u2013and to us\u2013than he does here. The\u00a0<i>Catechism\u00a0<\/i>is just as clear: \u201cGod, who \u2018dwells in unapproachable light,\u2019 wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son. By revealing himself, God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity\u201d (CCC 52). If we have been blind to this great love and mercy of God, let us commit ourselves from this moment on to join in praise as we just prayed in Psalm 100:1-2, \u201cSing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful song. We are his people, the flock he tends.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Conversing with Christ:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, where I am blind and do not see your goodness, please heal me. Jesus, in all the places I do not follow you, please call me. I desire to know my Master\u2019s voice,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and I desire that you know me. I forget so often how it is you who desire to reveal yourself to me and how it is me that closes myself off from you. Mother Mary, help me to follow your Son so he can take me to our Father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Resolution:<\/b>\u00a0Lord, today by your grace I will read from the<i>\u00a0Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/i>\u00a0so as to grow in greater knowledge of God and his Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>For Further Reflection:\u00a0<\/b>Read and meditate on the\u00a0<i>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/i>\u00a050-53.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nan Balfour is an events coordinator for\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Pilgrim Center of Hope<\/span>, a Catholic evangelization ministry that answers Christ\u2019s call by guiding people to encounter him in order to live in hope as pilgrims in daily life. 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