{"id":198447,"date":"2026-05-09T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=198447&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=198447"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:18:04","slug":"may-9-2026-praise-amidst-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/may-9-2026-praise-amidst-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9, 2026 &#8211; Praise Amidst Persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"198447\" class=\"elementor elementor-198447\" 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-365eb3cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"365eb3cf\" 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-6ebf85b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6ebf85b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/daily-bible-reading\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Today's Bible Readings from the USCCB<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-order-of-the-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The Order of the Mass<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b6d080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b6d080\" 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><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/rcdailymeditations\/2794415?theme=light&amp;v=2\" title=\"May 9, 2026 - Praise Amidst Persecution\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"202px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/rcdailymeditations\/2794415\/\">May 9, 2026 &#8211; Praise Amidst Persecution | RSS.com<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John 15:18-21<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cIf the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, \u2018No slave is greater than his master.\u2019 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Opening Prayer: <\/strong>God my Father, I praise you for your plan of salvation for all people. Thank you for sending your Son to reveal you to us, our Creator, God, and Father. Strengthen me for the battle of prayer today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Encountering Christ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The World\u2019s Hatred:<\/strong> Jesus does not mince words. The world hated him, and it hates Christians too. But the Lord\u2019s message is one of encouragement. He does not ask us to go where he has not already trod before us. \u201cHave confidence!\u201d he says. \u201cIn the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world\u201d (Jn 16:33). This \u201ctrouble\u201d is very real\u2014as when Christ promises his followers a hundredfold in this life, <em>with persecutions\u2014<\/em>but the true lover rejoices at undergoing trials in order to prove his love. In Tokien\u2019s <em>Silmarillion<\/em>, the mortal man Beren requests to marry King Thingol\u2019s daughter\u2014the immortal Elven princess L\u00fathien the Fair. Thingol, thinking to cleverly dispose of the unwanted suitor, bids him recover one of the jewels set in the crown of the dark lord Morgoth. This is impossible, for \u201cBalrogs were about them, and countless swords, and strong bars, and unassailable walls, and the dark majesty of Morgoth. But Beren laughed. \u2018For little price,\u2019 he said, \u2018do Elven-kings sell their daughters\u2026 I will perform it.\u2019\u201d Let our confidence in God before the hatred of the world be as Beren\u2019s.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Knowledge of the Father:<\/strong> Persecutions come from those who \u201cdo not know the one who sent Jesus.\u201d God the Father is the sender; do we know him? Is God a father to me, or does he seem distant and indifferent? Jesus gave us a powerful weapon, the \u201cOur Father.\u201d We must learn to wield it, every day a little better, every day with more confidence and affection. He is truly our Father. We come from him; he provides for us; he protects us; he lets us endure trials if it will help us grow. He calls us back to himself; we are on a journey toward him.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Te Deum:<\/strong> The \u201cTe Deum\u201d is an ancient Latin hymn of praise to God. Countless stories tell of martyrs and saints singing this hymn as they go joyfully to their deaths, or conversely, after having been delivered from some great material or spiritual calamity. As Christians, we are to praise God in the storm. Matthew 5:11-12 tells us, \u201cBlessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.\u201d For a little while we endure persecution and the hatred of the world, but our reward is a heavenly homeland with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And the guarantee of this hope in life after death is the Resurrection of the one who promised it\u2014Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Conversing with Christ:<\/strong> Lord Jesus, you inspire in the members of your Church holy devotion and reverence for God; grant us the grace to love him above all earthly things, and to overcome all persecutions through the power and confidence and love of your Spirit. Amen!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Resolution:<\/strong> Lord, today by your grace, with joy in my heart, I will pray (or sing!) the Church\u2019s Easter Vigil song of praise, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayer-and-worship\/liturgical-year\/easter\/easter-proclamation-exsultet.cfm\">Exultet.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>For Further Reflection:<\/strong> Francis Talbot, SJ, tells of the Jesuits\u2019 heroic efforts in the early seventeenth century to evangelize the Native Americans despite severe persecutions, focusing on the life of St. Isaac Jogues in <em>Saint Among Savages <\/em>and on St. Jean de Brebeuf in <em>Saint Among the Hurons<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fr Erik Burckel, LC was ordained to the priesthood in 2022. 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