Today’s Reflection
One utters many words here in the praise of God without thinking them up, unless it is the Lord who thinks them up; at least the intellect is worth nothing here.
—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
Do you find yourself praising God before you mean to? Do hymns of praise and words of thanks fall out of your mouth by accident? Why do you think this happens? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
“But those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
—John 4:14 (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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