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Post by annie on Feb 26, 2019 15:11:59 GMT
Perhaps some of the men who follow this forum might be interested in checking this out. Ash Wednesday is tomorrow week. exodus90.com/
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Post by hibernicus on Feb 26, 2019 21:28:06 GMT
Please tell us more about the link before asking us to click it?
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Renewal
Feb 26, 2019 23:37:42 GMT
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Post by annie on Feb 26, 2019 23:37:42 GMT
Please tell us more about the link before asking us to click it? The link brings you to the Exodus 90 website and app. It is a spiritual exercise for Catholic men who wish to be free of whatever is holding them back from living an authentic life.
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Renewal
Feb 28, 2019 1:58:29 GMT
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Post by annie on Feb 28, 2019 1:58:29 GMT
Please tell us more about the link before asking us to click it? The link brings you to the Exodus 90 website and app. It is a spiritual exercise for Catholic men who wish to be free of whatever is holding them back from living an authentic life. The programme is carried out over 90 days. One of the daily exercises consists of reading part of Exodus and meditating on it. Here is an example for one day "WAITING ON A STREET BENCH. SWEET. Exodus 15:22–27 Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur; they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And he cried to the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he tested them, saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord, your healer.” Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water. Meditation The Israelites, fresh from their physical slavery and enjoying the first days of their visible freedom, find themselves without water and in a merciless desert. As will happen many more times to come, they despair of God’s providence and fearfully press Moses for a solution to their immediate need. They come to the water of Marah, but find it unpalatable because it is bitter. To solve the problem, God shows Moses a tree. Yes, a tree. Hopefully, as you continue to follow the Israelites on their exodus, you have begun to see that many of the mysteries in the Old Testament are nearly unintelligible apart from Christ. Today’s scenario of the tree is a prime example. In the New Testament, Christ shows his apostles a tree, the cross, and commissions them to throw it into the lives of all the nations. This action, which has continued for the last two millennia, is what makes our lives—with all their burdens and trials, bitter as they may seem—sweet and light. Picture yourself sitting on a city bench outside in the bitter cold. The bench is bolted to the ground beside a slushy and busy street. You are waiting once again for a very tardy coworker to pick you up for work. Not thinking of the cross, you have chosen to become aggravated and cynical. Now picture yourself on a similar bench outside in the bitter cold. This time though, the bench is suspended from a cable and moving. The bench is taking you to the top of a mountain peak by the name of KT-22. Snow is dumping down upon you. Most would consider the day to be one of “adverse weather,” but you are overflowing with joy and gratitude. In fact, you have even paid money to be out in these elements. Why? Because if you endure this bitter cold bench and dumping snow you will get the desired opportunity to be waste deep in an iconic powder day at Squaw Valley. As a skier, you possess the eyes to see the value of your ride on a chairlift. Thus, even this bitter cold moment is sweet. Through the purifying exercise of Exodus 90, your wait on a city bench will start to become just as sweet to you as a skier’s ride on a chairlift. Practicing asceticism helps you gain the eyes to see the opportunities that are hiding behind your encounters with adversity. Only these eyes can see that sitting on a cold city bench is an opportunity to unite one’s discomfort and lack of control (suffering) to the cross. This suffering can then be lifted up in prayer, through the cross, for you, your family, or even your tardy coworker, just as the tree thrown in the water at Marah made the bitter water sweet. So too, the cross thrown into adversity makes even bitter suffering sweet."
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Renewal
Mar 5, 2019 13:45:08 GMT
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Post by annie on Mar 5, 2019 13:45:08 GMT
More about Exodus 90
Brother,
Men today are enslaved. Enslaved to distraction, addiction, vice, loneliness. It’s a crisis that’s not only affecting our own lives, but our marriages, our families, our Church, and our Country.
The answer to slavery is freedom. But, not just freedom as a golden ticket to do whatever you want. That’s not freedom. The freedom we’re talking about is the freedom to be who we were born to be. Or, as Venerable Fulton Sheen tells us: “Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought.”
Right now, there’s the man you are, and the man you ought to be. The Church has gifted us with a time to close the gap between those two. What will you do with this season of Lent?
If you want to begin your journey toward freedom and self-mastery, and become the man that God created you to be, then Exodus 90 is your roadmap. (Download the Exodus 90 App for free here).
Exodus 90 has four pillars: 90 days, prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. All four taken together lead to freedom.
1) 90 Days: A Concrete Roadmap. Exodus 90 is your concrete and actionable roadmap for prayer, penance, and fraternity. The 90-day benchmark is not an arbitrary number. That’s the period it takes to re-learn the satisfaction of self-mastery and freedom.
2) Prayer: Draw closer to Jesus Christ. You will journey through the book of Exodus and commit to 20-60 minutes of silent prayer each day. Each morning you will receive a passage from scripture and a meditation to guide your prayer.
3) Asceticism: Self-Mastery. We cannot say “yes” to God until we have said “no” to the world and its comforts. During Exodus 90, you will return to the Church’s ancient (and largely lost) tradition of asceticism.
4) Fraternity: A Small Group. You’ll invite other men from your community to journey with you. You will meet at least one time each week for an in-person fraternity meeting. The simple structure allows for prayer, accountability, and mutual encouragement.
If you still have more questions, check out our FAQ.
Exodus 90 (and Lent) start tomorrow. Are you in or are you out? Download the App for free at Exodus90.com
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Post by hibernicus on Mar 5, 2019 20:56:13 GMT
Thank you very much, Annie. Sounds like an useful way of living out the Lenten message.
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