by The Exodus Team | Jul 15, 2024 | Asceticism, Fraternity, Our Team Picks, Prayer, St. Michael's Lent
St. Michael’s Lent offers us a summertime season of renewal under the guidance of God’s heavenly angels. Our daily reflections follow the Book of Tobit, an Israelite exiled in Ninevah in modern-day Iraq, who courageously engages in works of mercy and faithfully...
by The Exodus Team | May 24, 2024 | Asceticism, Fraternity, Our Team Picks, Prayer
Summer–that time of vacation, cookouts, and the pool–is also a time to celebrate our fathers and the way Pentecost shapes the life of the Church. The great feasts of June–Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart, the Birth of John the Baptist, and St. Peters and Paul–show how...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Apr 5, 2024 | Asceticism, Easter, Our Team Picks, Our Team Picks
After the penitential season of Lent, it is time to celebrate! Easter is the most important season of the Church’s liturgical year, but we often don’t know how to celebrate. We can change that by gathering as a fraternity, including our family and other...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 26, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent, Our Team Picks
Lent is a time of asceticism, a word that points back to the training of athletes in the ancient world. The monks took on a training program for the spiritual life in the desert through regular prayer and fasting in fraternity with other men. Just like preparing for a...
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 The Exodus Team | Jan 25, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent
It’s that time of year when we should start thinking about what we will do this Lent. The first step to making a good Lent begins beforehand. In both East and West (the Byzantine and Roman Catholic traditions), a preparatory season historically comes before Lent...
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