Paul Prins
@paul.urbanmonastic.org
An @UrbanMonastic.org founder and Monastic · Author · Preacher · Liturgist · Linguist · Mystic · Pacifist · Artist · Egg Photographer · In Paris · From MPLS · All are Welcome
About Me: https://paulprins.net/profile
About Me: https://paulprins.net/profile
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Would you like to receive a Christmas Card in the mail from Urban Monastics?
The photo from @jordanprins.com shows her in process of making prints for last year. We're keeping this years print under wraps.
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The photo from @jordanprins.com shows her in process of making prints for last year. We're keeping this years print under wraps.
Sign up before the New Year: urbanmonastic.org/christmas-ca...
December 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Would you like to receive a Christmas Card in the mail from Urban Monastics?
The photo from @jordanprins.com shows her in process of making prints for last year. We're keeping this years print under wraps.
Sign up before the New Year: urbanmonastic.org/christmas-ca...
The photo from @jordanprins.com shows her in process of making prints for last year. We're keeping this years print under wraps.
Sign up before the New Year: urbanmonastic.org/christmas-ca...
Someone posted big fat quiz of the year on youtube! I know what we're doing later. It's some good silly end of the year fun.
December 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Someone posted big fat quiz of the year on youtube! I know what we're doing later. It's some good silly end of the year fun.
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My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Xeirographa
A guided learning platform for reading Greek manuscripts with interactive transcription exercises.
xeirographa.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Please share and give feedback!
xeirographa.com
Did you know any families growing up that always had a seat at their table for friends of their kids - no questions asked?
I have no proof, but I believe Mary and Joseph were like that too. There was always space for one more - no questions asked. Everyone was included and treated like family.
I have no proof, but I believe Mary and Joseph were like that too. There was always space for one more - no questions asked. Everyone was included and treated like family.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Did you know any families growing up that always had a seat at their table for friends of their kids - no questions asked?
I have no proof, but I believe Mary and Joseph were like that too. There was always space for one more - no questions asked. Everyone was included and treated like family.
I have no proof, but I believe Mary and Joseph were like that too. There was always space for one more - no questions asked. Everyone was included and treated like family.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
December 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for the Feast of the Holy Family (this Sunday).
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Immanuel,
Welcome all who call upon You.
Let us dwell with You in peace,
and find hope in Your rest.
Amen.
A blessing for our second week of Christmastide.
Welcome all who call upon You.
Let us dwell with You in peace,
and find hope in Your rest.
Amen.
A blessing for our second week of Christmastide.
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Immanuel,
Welcome all who call upon You.
Let us dwell with You in peace,
and find hope in Your rest.
Amen.
A blessing for our second week of Christmastide.
Welcome all who call upon You.
Let us dwell with You in peace,
and find hope in Your rest.
Amen.
A blessing for our second week of Christmastide.
Are you attending the Taizé European Meeting in Paris next week?
Say hi! I'll be at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Along with our Bishop Mark and @jordanprins.com - we'll be extending hospitality, welcome, & supporting Taizé as thousands of pilgrams journey for a week of prayer. ⚓
Say hi! I'll be at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Along with our Bishop Mark and @jordanprins.com - we'll be extending hospitality, welcome, & supporting Taizé as thousands of pilgrams journey for a week of prayer. ⚓
December 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Are you attending the Taizé European Meeting in Paris next week?
Say hi! I'll be at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Along with our Bishop Mark and @jordanprins.com - we'll be extending hospitality, welcome, & supporting Taizé as thousands of pilgrams journey for a week of prayer. ⚓
Say hi! I'll be at the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Along with our Bishop Mark and @jordanprins.com - we'll be extending hospitality, welcome, & supporting Taizé as thousands of pilgrams journey for a week of prayer. ⚓
I'm wildly jealous of fellow ministers who have families that believe in their calling and encourage them. Yes, God is enough, but I imagine it must be really lovely and heart warming.
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I'm wildly jealous of fellow ministers who have families that believe in their calling and encourage them. Yes, God is enough, but I imagine it must be really lovely and heart warming.
This Christmas dinner we experimented with an Aligot inspired twice baked potato. It was amazing. Not quite half cheese and half potato like aligot, but so good. We made enough for dinner tomorrow too!
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This Christmas dinner we experimented with an Aligot inspired twice baked potato. It was amazing. Not quite half cheese and half potato like aligot, but so good. We made enough for dinner tomorrow too!
Check out these fresh Collects for Christmas! I expect to finish all the collects for our breviary in 2025 (English and French) and make good progress on our invocations and petitions. There are a lot of words in a breviary.
Let us pray.
These are the Urban Monastic Collects for #Christmas. The first is for the evening of Christmas Eve. The second for Christmas Morning. And the Third is for the the rest of Christmas day and evening!
These are the Urban Monastic Collects for #Christmas. The first is for the evening of Christmas Eve. The second for Christmas Morning. And the Third is for the the rest of Christmas day and evening!
December 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Check out these fresh Collects for Christmas! I expect to finish all the collects for our breviary in 2025 (English and French) and make good progress on our invocations and petitions. There are a lot of words in a breviary.
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Immanuel,
Glory to God in the highest!
Our Christ, Jesus, is here with us!
The Almighty has done great things for us!
Amen.
A blessing for our Christmas in 2025.
Glory to God in the highest!
Our Christ, Jesus, is here with us!
The Almighty has done great things for us!
Amen.
A blessing for our Christmas in 2025.
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Immanuel,
Glory to God in the highest!
Our Christ, Jesus, is here with us!
The Almighty has done great things for us!
Amen.
A blessing for our Christmas in 2025.
Glory to God in the highest!
Our Christ, Jesus, is here with us!
The Almighty has done great things for us!
Amen.
A blessing for our Christmas in 2025.
Here’s to you, here’s to me, here’s to Christ who came to be…. present among us. It’s late and I’m out of rhymes. #ClergyMaltClub
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here’s to you, here’s to me, here’s to Christ who came to be…. present among us. It’s late and I’m out of rhymes. #ClergyMaltClub
It is 5 minutes until 8pm. The church bells at Église Saint-Denys du Saint-Sacrement are ringing into the dark night sky as the winds howl through the streets and rattle our windows. This night, a child will be born in a stable. New peace has come. Love will guide those who choose to follow Him.
December 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It is 5 minutes until 8pm. The church bells at Église Saint-Denys du Saint-Sacrement are ringing into the dark night sky as the winds howl through the streets and rattle our windows. This night, a child will be born in a stable. New peace has come. Love will guide those who choose to follow Him.
This is one of my favorite things I've written. Enjoy reading or listening to this telling of the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds to whom the angels appeared that night.
A Meditation from Urban Monastics for #Christmas: Hallelujah! Immanuel & Christ
In the dark of night, Jesus, the light of the world, was born. Shepherds were invited into the heavenly celebration of his Birth. The first invited to gaze upon Christ. Our Lord. Our Immanuel. Hallelujah.
Read/Listen 👇
In the dark of night, Jesus, the light of the world, was born. Shepherds were invited into the heavenly celebration of his Birth. The first invited to gaze upon Christ. Our Lord. Our Immanuel. Hallelujah.
Read/Listen 👇
Hallelujah! Immanuel and Christ - Urban Monastic
In the dark of night, Jesus, the light of the world, was born. Shepherds were invited into the heavenly celebration of his Birth. The first invited to gaze upon Christ. Our Lord. Our Immanuel. Hallelu...
urbanmonastic.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is one of my favorite things I've written. Enjoy reading or listening to this telling of the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds to whom the angels appeared that night.
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Exciting addition to the YDS faculty! Acclaimed poet-theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama joining us this summer as Professor in the Practice of Spirituality.
Read Dean Greg Sterling's announcement to the YDS community. divinity.yale.edu/news/2025-12...
Read Dean Greg Sterling's announcement to the YDS community. divinity.yale.edu/news/2025-12...
Acclaimed poet-theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama joining YDS faculty
Yale Divinity School Dean Greg Sterling sent the following announcement to the YDS community today.
divinity.yale.edu
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Exciting addition to the YDS faculty! Acclaimed poet-theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama joining us this summer as Professor in the Practice of Spirituality.
Read Dean Greg Sterling's announcement to the YDS community. divinity.yale.edu/news/2025-12...
Read Dean Greg Sterling's announcement to the YDS community. divinity.yale.edu/news/2025-12...
For those of us who wear white robes as a part of our vestments... how do we feel about this top hat? It feels like it is right out of a Dickens story (as at least one priest and one bishop have already mentioned 😂). I walked past this on the way home from church today. Should I get it? ⚓️
December 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For those of us who wear white robes as a part of our vestments... how do we feel about this top hat? It feels like it is right out of a Dickens story (as at least one priest and one bishop have already mentioned 😂). I walked past this on the way home from church today. Should I get it? ⚓️
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This is so good. Needed it today.
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
A Meditation for our fourth week of #Advent: Eternal Light, our Christ
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Eternal Light, our Christ - Urban Monastic
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
urbanmonastic.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is so good. Needed it today.
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
I just learned about the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards & will now bless you with them. This gorilla won overall. It's amazing but my fav is the foxes. This link takes you to all the winners & the website also feels like the good old internet. www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/niko...
December 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I just learned about the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards & will now bless you with them. This gorilla won overall. It's amazing but my fav is the foxes. This link takes you to all the winners & the website also feels like the good old internet. www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/niko...
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
The Urban Monastic Breviary might be the only bible translation done - in part - to tracks by Run the Jewels.
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Urban Monastic Breviary might be the only bible translation done - in part - to tracks by Run the Jewels.
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Lord,
Before time began, You were love.
We long for Your life and light.
Teach us how to more fully love You.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Advent.
Before time began, You were love.
We long for Your life and light.
Teach us how to more fully love You.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Advent.
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Lord,
Before time began, You were love.
We long for Your life and light.
Teach us how to more fully love You.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Advent.
Before time began, You were love.
We long for Your life and light.
Teach us how to more fully love You.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Advent.
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The page after page of redactions and lack of Trump's name in today's Epstein files release will do nothing to encourage girls and women to report rape and sexual assault which, in this day and age, are still the most underreported crimes. Today is discouraging in more ways than one. 😡
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The page after page of redactions and lack of Trump's name in today's Epstein files release will do nothing to encourage girls and women to report rape and sexual assault which, in this day and age, are still the most underreported crimes. Today is discouraging in more ways than one. 😡
This is so good. Needed it today.
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
A Meditation for our fourth week of #Advent: Eternal Light, our Christ
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Eternal Light, our Christ - Urban Monastic
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
urbanmonastic.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is so good. Needed it today.
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
"When the shadows have come and the world has gone cold, Jesus is with you. He is there. He cares for you. He will never leave you. No matter what you’ve done or how you live your life, He is there and loves you. His light will not flicker, nor His love fade." 🔥🔥🔥
Reposted by Paul Prins
A Meditation for our fourth week of #Advent: Eternal Light, our Christ
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Eternal Light, our Christ - Urban Monastic
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
urbanmonastic.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A Meditation for our fourth week of #Advent: Eternal Light, our Christ
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇
Our Christ was born into a world that was far from perfect. He illuminates the darkness and stands apart in shadows. Jesus, the light eternal, come to us when our lives are far from perfect.
Keep reading or listen along 👇