{"id":185411,"date":"2025-12-16T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=185411&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=185411"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:25:45","slug":"day-17-an-advent-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/day-17-an-advent-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17: An Advent Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"185411\" class=\"elementor elementor-185411\" 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 watching the Legionary brothers make their profession of religious vows. Kneeling before the altar, they speak words of dedication and self-giving: \u201cI promise to live in poverty, chastity, and obedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can hear trembling in their voices\u2014partly from awe at doing something greater than themselves, partly from the awareness of God\u2019s love being so close. In their \u2018yes,\u2019 you can almost hear an echo of Mary\u2019s fiat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. John Henry Newman writes: \u201cOur professions\u2026 must henceforth be sincere, or real\u2026 \u2018The Son of God, Jesus Christ\u2026 was not yea and nay, but in Him was yea. For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all long to say \u2018yes\u2019 and mean it\u2014to have our words carry the same weight as our intentions, our promises matched by conviction. Yet every so often, our \u2018yes\u2019 can waver in the face of weakness or fear. Yet every sincere word of ours, however small or trembling, participates in that divine Yes that became flesh in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us pray with hearts ready to give their \u2018yes\u2019 anew: \u201cCome, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Reflect: Where in your life is God inviting you to a deeper \u2018yes,\u2019 and what fears or hesitations are holding you back? How might you offer even a trembling \u2018yes,\u2019 echoing Mary\u2019s fiat, 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. Jason Smith draws from his personal experiences and St. John Henry Newman\u2019s own Advent sermons, connecting themes like reverence, awe, and intimately encountering Christ in the simplicity and stillness of ordinary life. 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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