{"id":184446,"date":"2025-12-12T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=184446&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=184446"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:17:08","slug":"day-13-reverence-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/day-13-reverence-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 13: Less Is More"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"184446\" class=\"elementor elementor-184446\" 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;\">The Eucharist is truly poor. As bread goes, it\u2019s simple, fragile, and plain. As food, it doesn\u2019t offer much either\u2014neither filling nor flavorful. From a human perspective, there\u2019s nothing here to see\u2014nothing that would make you wake the kids or call the neighbors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet, it is everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its spiritual strength utterly transcends its physical form. Just as a small loaf can fill a house with aroma, the Eucharist fills the world with grace. What seems ordinary hides a mystery too radiant to behold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. John Henry Newman wrote that the unseen presence of God can be more overwhelming than sight itself: \u201cThere is a sense in which the invisible presence of God is more awful and overpowering than if we saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s true. In the Eucharist, we meet this paradox of presence: it looks like poverty, yet it contains infinity. The wafer\u2019s fragility is not weakness but overpowering mercy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, as we prepare ourselves to receive Christ\u2019s True Presence, let us pray: \u201cCome, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Reflection: When have you encountered Christ in a moment that seemed simple, ordinary, or overlooked? 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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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