Background
Passing Over is about freedom. It’s about justice, redemption and leaving behind our struggles—in order to become who we’re all meant to be. It’s about asking questions and figuring out our identities.
“Spiritual formation presents opportunities to enter into the center of our hearts and become familiar with the complexities of our own inner life.” – Henri Nouwen
“On the Third Day” has been giving spiritual formation for the past decade. This 2025 will be our 14th year, and we are launching a formation course that has shifted to more time in reflection, allowing the formand to be in prayer and contemplation with God as their director. In the Silence and solitude, as well as the teaching, we believe the formant will access their core selves and commune with God in deep areas of their inner self.
Objective:
As On the Third Day journeys with you while you trace your genealogies, comprehend your personality, and discern your true self, one realizes the effects of our upbringing in our adult lives. This process of self-discovery and healing empowers us and invigorates them to become fully alive.
Moreover, the program delves deeper by exploring and challenging the participants’ worldviews and images of God as they confront the realities of life. This crucial step guides them towards genuine spiritual freedom and transformation. PASSING OVER, therefore, is not just a journey of self-discovery and healing. Still, it also challenges and transforms one’s perspective on life and spirituality, leading to a more authentic and liberated self.
Rationale:
Many of us find ourselves stuck and not moving in our spiritual walks; we are in the second stage of searching. For those who have asked, “Can there be more to this life designed by God than what I’m currently experiencing?” For many of us, the other experience is that of the wall, where we feel we can’t seem to move forward. It is in this season that we need to learn to go into Silence and solitude. To do the interior work, to know and be authentic about who we are, what this unique self-created and had a purpose for. We want to ensure we get that boat and be just where we were created. We need to be intentional about moving from unconscious to conscious so we don’t miss out on what God has in store for us. We want to be able to let go of the attachment to be free to follow God.
Join us for this 8-month course and be formed by knowing God and knowing yourself. Learn to live a full life with all your senses, enjoying every gift God has in store for us. Avail of every opportunity, seize every moment, and flourish while you fully live who you are.