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Today’s Reflection
Look, you were internal, and I external. And I looked for you in external things. Unlovely, I rushed thoughtlessly among the things of beauty you made. You were with me, but I was not with you.
—Augustine, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Augustine (Upper Room Books, 2017)
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Today’s Question
What does it mean for God to be with you but for you not to be with God? How does this paradoxical insight play itself out in your life? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
They will recount the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works I will meditate.
—Psalm 145:5 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
Great are you, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is your power and your understanding is beyond measure. Amen. — Augustine (Inspired by Psalm 145 & 147)
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Exodus 3:1-15
- Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b
- Romans 12:9-21
- Matthew 16:21-28
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