Today is Ember Friday. This traditional day of thanksgiving, prayer, and fasting calls us to place our attention and trust in the Lord, especially in preparation for the coming summer season, allowing him to be at its center. Todayโs penance also offers us an exceptional opportunity to pray and sacrifice for the specific intention of our fathers, living and deceased. You can share their names on the appโs Home Tab so that all Exodus Men can lift them up in prayer.
Clerics need to read the great books.
Here are the texts our diaconate candidates have read in the first two years of formation:
The Iliad
The Oresteia
Antigone
The Bacchae
First Alcibiades
Euthyphro
Apology
Gorgias
Republic (myths)
Symposium
Nicomachean Ethics
@frobrien Directly after the Vigil, I got to serve a marriage convalidation, then the next morning after serving Easter morning Mass, served a babyโs baptism. So much grace packed into a few short hours.
Sometimes conversations at work go in odd directions. As a result of one this morning I submit to you this picture of Stone Cold Steve Austin drinking some beers with Aristotle.
@HarrisonGarlic1 Thank you for your "Yes!" You truly make a difference in the lives of so many people to bring them closer to God. May He grant you many more years of fruitful ministry!