It’s a 90-day journey through the Book of Exodus, diving deeper into understanding the similarities we share with the ancient Israelites and finding our path to freedom from our own ‘modern Pharaohs’ holding us back from true unity with God.
For 90 days, we focus on three core pillars: prayer, asceticism, and fraternity — a model witnessed to us centuries ago by the desert fathers in the early Church.
It doesn't have to end there!
Throughout the year, Exodus 90 offers additional challenges and studies. Our group meets year-round! Join for the 90 days or stick around all year...it's up to you!
*Exodus 90 is intended to be a small group study. The current Exodus group could take a few more members, or could help you kick off your own group!
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)
It is normal for men to be distracted, addicted, and enslaved by so many things today. Alcohol. Pornography. Social media. Sports. Gambling. Work. Comparison. Achievement. Wealth. Legacy. It is so normal, in fact, that society’s stereotypes of men are often associated with the very idols that plague them.
What is uncommon in our time is men who are free. A free man is not a perfect man but one who remembers who he is: a son of God whom God has called forth for love. And he knows how much more he can become by the power of grace unfolding in his life over time.
Through contemplative prayer, men open up to a vulnerable relationship with God. Through asceticism, men grow in the power to say “no” to the common things of the world that hold them back. Through fraternity, men have the essential support, encouragement, and mercy of other men striving after the same uncommon ideals.
The freedom of the uncommon man, the Exodus man, is not for its own sake. The world defines freedom as the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want, with whomever you want. True freedom is for commitment, sacrifice, and love. Like Jesus on the Cross, the free man takes up his life and then lays it down for others. What is returned to him is a life of meaning, integration, and eternal satisfaction.
It is for this reason that God brought forth Exodus to serve men today.
Exodus 90 at St. Pats is a small group of men who meet weekly throughout the year, occasionally more (especially leading up to and during Lent). Currently, they meet Saturday mornings.
If you are interested in more information or attending a meeting to check it out, please contact Deacon Gilbert Snodgrass for details.
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