by Derek Cummins | Sep 20, 2023 | Fatherhood, Formation, Our Team Picks, St. Michael's Lent
The final installment of our Spiritual Warfare 101 series is all about praying deliverance prayers. For this talk, I drew heavily from Fr. Chad Ripperger’s book Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity. Below you’ll find a selection of five deliverance...
by Derek Cummins | Sep 18, 2023 | Articles, Exodus 90, Feast Days, Formation, Our Team Picks
Exodus is known for fasting and our ascetical practices. But why do Christians fast at all? Jesus tells us that it has to do with the presence of the Bridegroom: “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the...
by Derek Cummins | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles, Exodus 90, Our Team Picks
Bret Ware is a husband, father, and parish secretary at St. Elizabeth Parish in the Diocese of Springfield, Ill. “I wasn’t originally drawn to Exodus,” he says. His friend, Deacon Michael Halbrook, introduced Bret to the program and its impact. As a result, Bret...
by Derek Cummins | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles, Formation, Our Team Picks
What gave the early Christians the desire to leave behind their professions, travel to foreign lands and, in most cases, give their lives? Their minds were transformed and renewed by their relationship with Jesus Christ as their Lord and God, so that they had what we...
by Derek Cummins | Aug 31, 2023 | Articles, Fatherhood, Our Team Picks
He was 40 years old or so when I was born, so I had the unique experience of a young “in his prime” kind of grandfather. I was spoiled rotten with his attention. Those who knew my Granpa would agree, Shelly was a part of what’s called a “dying breed” of man....
by Derek Cummins | Aug 31, 2023 | Formation, Fraternity Leaders, Our Team Picks
By calling a group of twelve men, Jesus was telling us that we need fraternity. The early disciples show us that we can’t fulfill the mission God has given us on our own. This hasn’t changed throughout Church history, as the saints received needed support from friends...
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