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Today’s Reflection
The Rule of Saint Benedict instructs the community to live a balanced life of work, prayer, and rest. While individual growth in holiness is important, the community’s growth in holiness is paramount.
—Ben Campbell Johnson and Paul H. Lang, Time Away: A Guide for Personal Retreat (Upper Room Books, 2010)
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Today’s Question
Are you growing in the community you have been planted in? Is the community you have been planted in growing? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts.
—Acts 2:46 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
O God, I long to spend time with you. If not every hour, I lay aside this moment to draw near to you. Let me retreat into your arms if only for these few minutes. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 22:1-14
- Psalm 13
- Romans 6:12-23
- Matthew 10:40-42
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