Today’s Reflection
Indeed, the very object of prayer is to increase and maintain Charity, the loving friendship of the soul with God. All other aspects of the inner life are subsidiary to this and only of value insofar as they contribute to it.
—Evelyn Underhill, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Evelyn Underhill (Upper Room Books, 2017)
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Today’s Question
Does your inner life yearn for friendship with God? How do you maintain your friendship with God? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, do I seek.
—Psalm 27:8 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
—A Liturgy for Morning Prayer, The Upper Room Worshipbook
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 21:8-21
- Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
- Romans 6:1b-11
- Matthew 10:24-39
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