by The Exodus Team | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation, Our Team Picks, Videos
Can you explain a little more how our fasting makes up for sin? I thought Christ’s death and resurrection was satisfactory. Yes. So notice the implication there. The implication would be as if I were to say Christ’s death and resurrection was not...
by The Exodus Team | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation, Our Team Picks, Videos
https://youtu.be/6YZzjrdyapU Can you explain how the church decided that fish is permitted on Fridays? And when you say maybe other days of abstinence and fasting? Yeah, I really don’t know the history behind that precept. So I’m going to have to defer on...
by The Exodus Team | Feb 27, 2024 | Formation, Our Team Picks, Videos
https://youtu.be/HHKJ6GSPfTY Does fasting actually make our prayers more powerful or efficacious? Yeah, that’s a great question. And the answer would be, yes, it has the potential to do that. And the reason is because James 5:16 says the prayer of a righteous...
by The Exodus Team | Feb 20, 2024 | Formation, Our Team Picks, Videos
https://youtu.be/zJzaW9M9e7c Let’s talk a little bit about Ember Days, right? So here we are in this ember week of Lent. So the Ember Days are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. They’re days of prayer and fasting in order to make thanksgiving and reparation...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 20, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
Though often forgotten today, the Ember Days are among the oldest traditions of the Church’s calendar. The Romans marked the beginning of new seasons with particular times of prayer, which were embraced by the early Christians of Rome. The Ember Days focus on...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 15, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
Lent invites us to conversion, turning to God in prayer while turning away from our attachments. But, if we turn to God, we must also reach out to others in charity, which is why almsgiving is essential to Lent. In addition to giving charitable alms, we can also...
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