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From the Introduction of the Planning Guide to RISE:
The RISE 30 day challenge is for men who want to know and live more fully their unique masculine identity and vocation, in an age where both are ideologically and culturally emasculated.
Despite the confusion and collapse of our present society’s understanding surrounding maleness, from the time men are born, we progress in our identity and are invited into a unique vocation precisely through our masculinity. (CCC, 1700)
We are first sons, then brothers. These first two identities are purely received at our birth, and cannot be earned or achieved. We are given them as a gift; invited into sonship in a family, and drawn into brotherhood with the entire human family as a man. We begin to collaborate with grace to enter more fully into these uniquely masculine roles. (CCC, 460)
The second two identities are chosen. We are potentially spouses, called to “leave father and mother” (Genesis 2:24, TOB 15:4) to cling to a wife in the sense of a literal marriage to a woman or through a spiritual spousal bond with God and the Church through priesthood or religious life. This chosen intimate communion with another creates and bestows on men the fullest realization of their masculinity; the name of fathers. (St. John Paul II, TOB 22:6, 78:5)
The RISE Challenge seeks to open up the doors to these masculine identities, and to explore their meaning and mission.
What does this challenge look like here at St. Michael the Archangel?
Each day for 30 days, beginning October 15th, those men who take on the challenge will hear from a brief inspirational video in the morning, be given a quote to think about, and be provided with a challenge that fits where the men are currently: single, married with children, married no children, divorced, separated, or widowed. Time commitment for each day: 5-8 minutes.
While every man is free to take this journey on his own, choosing to walk it with a brother (literal or spiritual) will yield a greater outcome and a deeper impact. To that end, pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to who that brother may be. Invite others to take part in it as well.
Interested? Visit https://www.menriseup.org/ to sign up. Choose October 15th as your start date.
The RISE 30 day challenge is for men who want to know and live more fully their unique masculine identity and vocation, in an age where both are ideologically and culturally emasculated.
Despite the confusion and collapse of our present society’s understanding surrounding maleness, from the time men are born, we progress in our identity and are invited into a unique vocation precisely through our masculinity. (CCC, 1700)
We are first sons, then brothers. These first two identities are purely received at our birth, and cannot be earned or achieved. We are given them as a gift; invited into sonship in a family, and drawn into brotherhood with the entire human family as a man. We begin to collaborate with grace to enter more fully into these uniquely masculine roles. (CCC, 460)
The second two identities are chosen. We are potentially spouses, called to “leave father and mother” (Genesis 2:24, TOB 15:4) to cling to a wife in the sense of a literal marriage to a woman or through a spiritual spousal bond with God and the Church through priesthood or religious life. This chosen intimate communion with another creates and bestows on men the fullest realization of their masculinity; the name of fathers. (St. John Paul II, TOB 22:6, 78:5)
The RISE Challenge seeks to open up the doors to these masculine identities, and to explore their meaning and mission.
What does this challenge look like here at St. Michael the Archangel?
Each day for 30 days, beginning October 15th, those men who take on the challenge will hear from a brief inspirational video in the morning, be given a quote to think about, and be provided with a challenge that fits where the men are currently: single, married with children, married no children, divorced, separated, or widowed. Time commitment for each day: 5-8 minutes.
While every man is free to take this journey on his own, choosing to walk it with a brother (literal or spiritual) will yield a greater outcome and a deeper impact. To that end, pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to who that brother may be. Invite others to take part in it as well.
Interested? Visit https://www.menriseup.org/ to sign up. Choose October 15th as your start date.
