by Jacob Zepp | 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...
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 The Exodus Team | Jan 19, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks
1. The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch Jamie Baxter, Founder & CEO I’m reading The Fabric of Reality right now by David Deutsch, and I plan to continue reading it into Lent. The book attempts a theory of everything, to achieve an understanding...
by Jeff Benda | Apr 5, 2023 | Exodus 90, Lent, No Meat Meals
Serves 2 Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes The story of Saint Paul Miki and Companions (Feast Day February 6) is a perfect example of all three pillars of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. When the first missionaries like St. Francis Xavier came to Japan...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Mar 30, 2023 | Exodus 90, Lent
After intense periods of asceticism, the temptation is to binge: to go back to all of our old habits, even to excess. The Church points us, rather, to festivity: Christian feasting. We are not used to Christian festivity, as our culture inclines more to...
by Jeff Benda | Mar 29, 2023 | Exodus 90, Lent, No Meat Meals
Serves 6 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Sweet Potatoes are native to Peru. And so was Saint Martin de Porres. This Peruvian Dominican brother lived a life of humble service and charity and became the first black saint of the Americas. Martin refused to...
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