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  • The Most Deeply Personal Thing I have is Love

    The Most Deeply Personal Thing I have is Love

    October 2023

    My love is one of the most deeply personal things I have. Yet, so far, I still have love to give.

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  • The Word became Flesh – John 1:1-14

    The Word became Flesh – John 1:1-14

    October 2023

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the beginning He was with God. Through Him all things came into being.

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  • I Cried from the Depths – Translating Psalm 130

    I Cried from the Depths – Translating Psalm 130

    August 2023

    Sharing in the divine grief and emotion of the Lord, the soul of this psalmist is in the depths. Yet they continue to trust and cry out to the Lord. They know that the LORD is full of mercy and forgiveness. With Him, there is redemption in abundance.

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  • A Confident Prayer for Refuge – Translating Psalm 31

    A Confident Prayer for Refuge – Translating Psalm 31

    August 2023

    This psalm flows out of the lived internal experience of the psalmist. We get to look out through their eyes, and feel through their body the swings from hope, to

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  • A Prayer in Anguish – Translating Psalm 143

    A Prayer in Anguish – Translating Psalm 143

    August 2023

    Crushed, pursued, and half dead, this psalmist cries out to a God who is not responding. While falling into the grave, they still believe. They still have faith in the God of history, and that the character of God means they will be saved.

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  • Prayer of a Poor Person in Need – Translating Psalm 86

    Prayer of a Poor Person in Need – Translating Psalm 86

    August 2023

    Amidst being attacked by arrogant and violent people, our psalmist turns to God. They appeal to his mercy, strength, and glory.

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  • Making the Urban Monastic Calendar

    Making the Urban Monastic Calendar

    June 2023

    With great care, we have made the Urban Monastic liturgical calendar. This simplified calendar focuses on individuals with monastic connections to help encourage and inspire us throughout the year.

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  • What are Kingdom Antiphons for Compline?

    What are Kingdom Antiphons for Compline?

    April 2023

    The daily night office of compline concludes with one of four Marian antiphons. We are an ecumenical group. It will be difficult for some to have part of our prayers

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  • Refining our Vision and Mission

    Refining our Vision and Mission

    April 2023

    We have refined the Vision and Mission of Urban Monasticism for the first time since we started in November 2019. These statements will help give us greater focus in the direction the Lord has been directing us.

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  • Introducing our Marian Antiphons for Compline

    Introducing our Marian Antiphons for Compline

    April 2023

    Throughout year of the Church there are four concluding antiphons during Compline. These are the Marian antiphons. They are wonderful celebrations of the mother of Jesus. They are placed at

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  • Hallelujah! Immanuel and Christ

    Hallelujah! Immanuel and Christ

    December 2022

    In the dark of night, Jesus, the light of the world, was born. Shepherds were invited into the heavenly celebration of his Birth. The first invited to gaze upon Christ. Our Lord. Our Immanuel. Hallelujah.

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  • Eternal Light, our Christ

    Eternal Light, our Christ

    December 2022

    Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.

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