It seems counterintuitive, but living without all these human comforts actually opens me up to others and gives me incredible joy.
The exodus man is still not in control plus if your family celebrates the sabbath a certain way, you are free to do so. I think a cool idea would be to include with the fraternity relaxed discipline would be to allow the family or the wife to choose one discipline for the exodus man to relax on Sunday.
It caused some strife in our group because everyone is in a different season and everyone’s family is different and has different needs and celebrates the sabbath differently. Sometimes groups value different things and with the new idea (meaning I don’t see it in the 2017 exodus book from when I first did the program) that the fraternity relaxes a discipline together I think it simply doesn’t work. However, in our case, it was 3 young married men w/toddlers, one single, and 3 older men with kids out of the house or in college. This does make sense in the way that you’d be grouped with people you wouldn’t normally get to know. Every fraternity isn’t the same and sometimes Parish’s that do it with multiple groups will randomize the fraternity members. However, my biggest issue is the Fraternity aspect and how it relates to the family. It is hard but sometimes we need things to be hard. I would recommend this program to any catholic looking to deepen their faith and ultimately change their life. PeaceĪpp is great, program at its core is great. It’s a challenge, I know many men enjoy challenges. I invited 12 people, only one person joined me and I was prepared to do it alone but it was just another testimony that God provides. If u think u want to do this that is God calling, it’s a retreat that u don’t have to leave the house and your body and spirit get a great deal of exercise. Saying what’s on my mind and heart, if I’m not begging the Lord for sure I’m thanking Him for the many blessings. I would say I can’t talk to God I’m a sinner, I feel bad even approaching. I learned to pray! I used to think that the rosary was one of the only forms of prayer.
The cold showers were tough but I have noticed I’m getting used to it. Many of the disciplines are tough to do but I try my best to keep them because I know God loves that we make an effort and receive at least that inner peace in exchange. I feel like we are indeed being programmed but that’s what sports do to us, they program u to watch on a weekly basis but if u are like me on a daily basis. I thank God for the people who created this program. I compared to how much I used to spend alone on junk food and sports memorabilia that I realized that a dollar a day is close to nothing. I would assume many people turn away or “head back to Egypt” when it’s time to pay. On Day 8 of your first spiritual journey, you'll be invited to join Exodus Membership.
The first 7 days of Exodus 90 and all the Biblical Series exercises are completely free to new men. Exodus increases men's faith satisfaction, helps them spend 46% more time in prayer, and increases their participation at church.More than 99% of men who complete Exodus 90 report being more free from unhealthy attachments. Just like the Israelites whose journey to ultimate freedom did not come to fruition until the coming of Jesus Christ, so too for us our journey to freedom is ongoing. And you'll undertake this journey with a band of brothers to provide encouragement (and correction) along the way.Īfter ninety days of prayerful meditation in Exodus 90, you and your fraternity will continue your journey of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity through the Biblical Series-three years' worth of spiritual journeys through the books of the Bible from Genesis to the Acts of the Apostles. You'll enter into silent prayer each day. Over the course of ninety days, you will say goodbye to creature comforts and find new life in Christ. Exodus 90 calls you to follow a disciplined life of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Freedom from our vices and freedom to live a life for others: our families, friends, and communities. You know what we're talking about: endless scrolling through useless noise, unending binges of shows you stopped caring about three seasons ago, two-three-four-five drinks per night celebrating nothing in particular, we live for the weekends and then waste them away.Įxodus 90 is an introduction to a different kind of life: a life of responsibility and meaning and freedom. Give up technology? Take cold showers? Abstain from alcohol?Īll around the world, thousands of men find themselves trapped in negative, habitual thought and behavior patterns.
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