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Today’s Reflection
The soul isn’t in possession of its senses, but it rejoices without understanding what it is rejoicing in. It understands that it is enjoying good in which are gathered together all goods, but this good is incomprehensible.
—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
Have you ever had a vision or received a word that was so unexpected and clearly from God that it caught you off guard? What did God tell you? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.
—Habakkuk 2:3 (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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