{"id":184117,"date":"2025-11-30T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=184117&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=184117"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:50:37","slug":"day-1-waiting-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/day-1-waiting-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1: Waiting Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"184117\" class=\"elementor elementor-184117\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb56fd8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb56fd8\" 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-0084849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0084849\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Advent with St. John Henry Newman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em>Reflections by Fr. Jason Smith, LC<\/em><\/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-eee2a61 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eee2a61\" 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-9547301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9547301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=p0hp0mpSYLb--OVJ&amp;list=PLlcJliGfwMk_TyttcgDq1rBYwnfgQkcFG&enablejsapi=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"  title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\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-57d6b19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57d6b19\" 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-5260d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5260d46\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember waiting for a friend on a cold night. As the air stung my face, time seemed to stretch on. No headlights appeared, yet I kept trusting\u2014my friend had promised to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent is like that. It is like waiting for a good friend who is delayed. From the perspective of faith, Advent is the ache of every believer who wonders, <em>where is he<\/em>? St. John Henry Newman writes: \u201cLet us go out to meet Him with contrite and expectant hearts; and though He delays His coming, let us watch for Him in the cold and dreariness which must one day have an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waiting is never easy. But it becomes even more challenging in the dark and cold of weariness and sorrow. Yet this is where Advent shines brightest. For in our dark nights, a small blessing appears: prayer, like the flicker of a candle\u2019s flame, keeps the darkness at bay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newman points to two dispositions that help us find meaning while we wait on God. The first is <em>contrition<\/em>\u2014for the delays of life are often God\u2019s gentle call to conversion. The second is <em>expectant faith<\/em>\u2014the quiet confidence that our Friend is faithful and his timing sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as another year closes and the days grow short, we pray with renewed hope: \u201cCome, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Reflect: When have you experienced the ache of waiting? 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Pray with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-regnum-christi-app\/\">The Regnum Christi App<\/a>, sign up to have each day\u2019s reflection delivered to your inbox every morning, or follow the RC Spirituality Center on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rcspirituality\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RCSpirituality\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e206db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"5e206db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ab841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2ab841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-300x169.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106303 alignleft ls-is-cached lazyloaded lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106303 alignleft ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-300x169.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fr.-Jason-Smith.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript>Ordained in 2006, Fr. 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