by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 25, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent, Our Team Picks
Every important event requires preparation, and so the Church has a traditional Pre-Lenten period to get ready for the holy season. In the East, we see this through the Meatfare and Cheesefare Sundays that ease into the penance of the Great Fast. In the West, starting...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 22, 2024 | Formation, Lent, Our Team Picks
Through the Lenten season, God calls us to enter more deeply into prayer and penance. Even though it lasts for forty days, it’s only too common for us to say afterward, “that went by so fast,” or ask, “where did the time go?” This year can be different if we...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 4, 2024 | Asceticism, Formation
“If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Asceticism means acts of self-denial. Though it is often underemphasized in our time, throughout Church history we see the importance of asceticism in the...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Dec 28, 2023 | Formation
At the heart of the Exodus experience, we find God’s call of freedom for his people. Just as Moses led the Israelites out of bondage to pharaoh in Egypt, so Jesus has liberated us from sin and all that holds us back from a life of sonship through the love of God the...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Dec 26, 2023 | Asceticism, Feast Days, Formation
Every so often, Exodus 90 begins during the Christmas Season. 2024 happens to be one of those years. Some people might wonder how we can begin a spiritual exercise with so much asceticism on a solemn feast day, the octave day of Christmas honoring Mary the Mother of...
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