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Today’s Reflection
It has been said that a ceaseless death to self is asked of all light-bearing souls, and this is a hundred times more true of healing souls. We must ignore our pains and preferences, our own longing for sympathy and peace.
—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
What do you think it means to be a healing soul? What would you have to do to become one in your situation? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
—Matthew 16:24 (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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