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The spiritual value of the program and the depth of the content is undeniable. The life of prayer, fraternity and asceticism it promotes has brought great changes in my life and I continue to use it with my fraternity. The app has also been improving over the years. The only problem I have is that one of my main obstacles to vanquish is reducing my screen time. The first round of E90 has a book in print for that. But none of the program is available in print after that. As a result I spend screen time when I’m praying which is distracting to me or others when I’m at church, or even worse, shines screen light on my eyes at home at times when I’m trying to wind down. Sometimes the screen time spent reading the app at bedtime is enough for keeping me awake all night. And here I am, being asked to write a review for the App Store when I’m supposed to be praying. I’ve contacted the E90 team suggesting this program needs to be on paper, but to no avail. Still, I admire and thank them and pray for them for their amazing and transforming work.

One of the participants in a regular parish meeting of the Catholic Men’s Fellowship recommenced Exodus to me and I am glad that I did the exercise. I am one of the founders of the Catholic Men’s Fellowship and I have been to a group meeting over Saturday morning for the past 35 years, finding spiritual grown in every one of them. In the meetings I find strength in the sharing which is a source of actual grace to me personally. As a result I was not looking for Fraternity in Exodus but I did find Prayer and Asceticism to be very valuable. It is not that prayer and self- sacrifice are not taught in the fellowship but Exodus makes them concrete and accountable through interaction on the Internet. I regularly recommend Exodus to my fellowship groups as an individual program. Fraternity is an integral component of the spiritual exercise and agree that it should be, I but did not have success with the ad hoc group that I formed - the affinity did not develop as it has in CMF parish setting.

On the whole., I enjoyed using the Exodus app for Exodus 90. As I told my wife, “This program helped me live the life I have wanted to live for some time, but did not have the focus to pursue.” I think many men will value the ability to track one’s progress with the various disciplines, as well as benefit from the reflections specific to Exodus 90. I do have the following recommendations. -I did not appreciate the truncation of specific passages of scripture. For example, in Covenant Crag (Day 23), the passage is Genesis 16:1-12, but the only verses provided are Gn. 16:1-7 and 11-12. I think many would benefit from reading the entirety of the passage. -Some of the reflections (in Reflection Oasis and Covenant Crag) seemed “forced;” that is, focused on one word or image from the passage of scripture that seems to miss the point of the passage of force a point of view on the passage itself. -I think there should be a few more disciplines relating to one’s fraternity. During Exodus 90, my fraternity noticed that there are robust prayerful and ascetic disciplines, but only two disciplines associated with one’s fraternity. On the whole, I am very thankful for this app, the creators, and all those who participate and pray for each other during their Exodus. I am eager to go on my second Exodus, and beyond.