by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 1, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
When we complain about the Church and the world, we take out steam, but it often doesn’t lead to much action. The saints, however, took a different approach: to become the renewal through their own conversion to the Lord. God renews the Church through holiness, which...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 1, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
In Acts of the Apostles, Paul’s disciples were accused of turning the world upside down (Acts 17:6). By that, we should understand that it went right side up. The Gospel focuses primarily on the Kingdom of God, but, if we live within the Kingdom, we will become a...
by The Exodus Team | Dec 21, 2023 | Exodus 90, Prayer
Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI spoke extensively on the power of beauty, once stating: “The encounter with the beautiful can become the wound of the arrow that strikes the heart and in this way opens our eyes” (General Assembly, August 31,...
by Jamie Baxter | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
A nightly examen is a way to recount our actions throughout the day and acknowledge where we chose to respond to God’s grace and where we chose otherwise. St. Ignatius of Loyola thought that the examen was “a gift that came directly from God, and that God wanted it to...
by Jamie Baxter | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
The first moments of the day can help to direct its entire course. Begin each day with God so that we can live in his presence. This easiest way to do this is by making a morning offering. Here are some examples of prayers that we can use to make a morning offering....
by Jamie Baxter | Dec 15, 2023 | Help, Prayer, The Field Guide
First of all, you might wonder why you should pray a holy hour. The famous philosopher, Blaise Pascal, once said there was nothing we fear more than silence. We try to fill all our time with noise or distraction. Yet silence directed to God is what we need most. The...
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