{"id":192172,"date":"2026-02-06T16:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=192172&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=192172"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:01:53","slug":"learn-to-pray-like-a-saint-this-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/learn-to-pray-like-a-saint-this-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Pray like a Saint this Lent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"192172\" class=\"elementor elementor-192172\" 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-ce464ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce464ad\" 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;\">In the tradition of his popular Bible study devotional <em>The Better Part<\/em>, in <em>40 Days to Peace and Union with God<\/em>, Fr. 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