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Today’s Reflection
The water is closer because grace is more clearly manifest to the soul. In this prayer the faculties are gathered within so as to enjoy that satisfaction with greater delight.
—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 satisfaction in prayer? Where do you think that satisfaction comes from? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
[Remember your creator before] the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
—Ecclesiastes 12:6–7 (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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