{"id":185416,"date":"2025-12-21T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=185416&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=185416"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:41:17","slug":"day-22-rise-and-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/day-22-rise-and-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 22: Rise and Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"185416\" class=\"elementor elementor-185416\" 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. 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An early riser, she\u2019d start vacuuming around seven o\u2019clock, making her way down the hall toward my room. Then the door would fly open and she\u2019d sing, \u201cLet the sun shine in! Face it with a grin!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. John Henry Newman writes: \u201cIt is the hour now for you to awaken from sleep. Aim at things, and your words will be right without aiming\u2026 Aim at seeing the King in His beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advent is God\u2019s alarm clock\u2014heaven\u2019s \u201cvacuum cleaner\u201d roaring through our spiritual drowsiness. It startles us awake, shaking us from the comfort of routine into readiness for joy. Grace doesn\u2019t let us stay asleep; it invites us to rise and meet the coming King.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as Christmas draws near, let us rise, pull back the curtains of our hearts, and let the light in. The day is breaking, and the Lord is near.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With awakened hearts, let us pray: \u201cCome, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Reflect: Is there a part of your life that has been lulled by routine, comfort, or fear of change? 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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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