{"id":184241,"date":"2025-12-08T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=184241&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=184241"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:03:12","slug":"day-9-candlelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/day-9-candlelight\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9: Candlelight"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"184241\" class=\"elementor elementor-184241\" 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 love my morning routine. I make a cup of coffee\u2014strong and as dark as my cassock\u2014and step into the small chapel down the hall. I\u2019m an early riser, so most everyone is still asleep. I light a single candle before the icon of the Risen Lord, a gift from a friend, and let that small flame be the first light of the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes my prayer is just the flicker itself\u2014the way the candlelight dances across Jesus\u2019 white garments and risen face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. John Henry Newman writes: \u201cBaptism\u2026is an illumination; and Christ\u2026is a Light to worship by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all long for that light\u2014for the quiet flame that reminds us we are not alone in the dark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candlelight doesn\u2019t banish all darkness; it reveals just enough to pray, to read, to see one step ahead. The longer I live, the more I realize: that\u2019s what faith looks like. Like a candle, it gives just enough light for today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent invites us to begin each day with that small act of faith\u2014to light the candle again, to believe again, to let his light steady our hearts before the day rushes in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, in the quiet glow of morning, we pray: \u201cCome Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Reflection: When have you felt true hope, truly knowing that you are not alone? How are being called to share that hope this Advent?<\/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-1fec662 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fec662\" 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-7bd3b3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bd3b3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7435e3 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c7435e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjE4MzU5MSIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SUBSCRIBE TO RECEIVE DAILY ADVENT REFLECTION BY EMAIL<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-46599b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46599b3\" 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-a657516 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent e-lazyloaded\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"a657516\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c17de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c17de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u00a0In this Advent series, Fr. 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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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