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Today’s Reflection
When the soul is, in this prayer, truly dead to the world, a little white butterfly comes forth. Oh, greatness of God! How transformed the soul is when it comes out of this prayer after having been placed within the greatness of God.
—Teresa of Avila, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Teresa of Avila (Upper Room Books, 2017)
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Today’s Question
How do you feel your soul is transformed after prayer? How do you live differently? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
—2 Corinthians 2:18 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, you give water for my soul to drink. As you tend the garden of my soul, it is transformed into a crystal castle—a palace where you make your home. Live in me, O God. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Exodus 33:12-23
- Psalm 99
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
- Matthew 22:15-22
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