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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
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Gonna jump into Lent tomorrow with an extended fast. This post might be an invitation for you to do your own.
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Gonna jump into Lent tomorrow with an extended fast. This post might be an invitation for you to do your own.
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If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
In Ashes and Hope - Urban Monastic
For the simplicity of abstaining from something is an invitation to rest within the presence of our God. That same tenderness and gentleness is a balm that heals our ability to hope. I need that bal...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
If you don't get our newsletter, this reflection 'in ashes and hope' was shared with the Urban Monastic community today. May it help you reflect and prepare for Ash Wednesday and this season of Lent we will share together.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
Share with us Your hope
while being tender with our bodies,
for they break just like Yours.
Amen.
A blessing for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
Share with us Your hope
while being tender with our bodies,
for they break just like Yours.
Amen.
A blessing for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Lord,
Share with us Your hope
while being tender with our bodies,
for they break just like Yours.
Amen.
A blessing for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
Share with us Your hope
while being tender with our bodies,
for they break just like Yours.
Amen.
A blessing for our sixth week of Ordinary Time.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
Illuminate our lives and hearts
with the words of the psalmists
as we pray them back to You each office.
Amen.
A blessing for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
Illuminate our lives and hearts
with the words of the psalmists
as we pray them back to You each office.
Amen.
A blessing for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
February 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Lord,
Illuminate our lives and hearts
with the words of the psalmists
as we pray them back to You each office.
Amen.
A blessing for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
Illuminate our lives and hearts
with the words of the psalmists
as we pray them back to You each office.
Amen.
A blessing for our fifth week of Ordinary Time.
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It continues to be a Magnificat kind of day.
A friend messaged me this morning that his friend found a photo of me from last October - posted to Reddit this week. Kind of wild, and it's a pretty good photo! The photographer was kind enough to let me use them, and even sent me the full res versions!
A friend messaged me this morning that his friend found a photo of me from last October - posted to Reddit this week. Kind of wild, and it's a pretty good photo! The photographer was kind enough to let me use them, and even sent me the full res versions!
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
It continues to be a Magnificat kind of day.
A friend messaged me this morning that his friend found a photo of me from last October - posted to Reddit this week. Kind of wild, and it's a pretty good photo! The photographer was kind enough to let me use them, and even sent me the full res versions!
A friend messaged me this morning that his friend found a photo of me from last October - posted to Reddit this week. Kind of wild, and it's a pretty good photo! The photographer was kind enough to let me use them, and even sent me the full res versions!
It took a little (lot) longer than we wanted, but all of our 2025 Christmas cards/prints are now in the mail and on their way!
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It took a little (lot) longer than we wanted, but all of our 2025 Christmas cards/prints are now in the mail and on their way!
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Starts in two hours and you can replay it anytime afterwards!
It's hard to believe that it is already (and only just now) the last day of January. This means our February gathering is tomorrow!
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
To Love God with all your Heart, Spirit, Mind and Strength · a Gathering
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February 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Starts in two hours and you can replay it anytime afterwards!
It's hard to believe that it is already (and only just now) the last day of January. This means our February gathering is tomorrow!
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
To Love God with all your Heart, Spirit, Mind and Strength · a Gathering
YouTube video by Urban Monastic
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January 31, 2026 at 8:13 AM
It's hard to believe that it is already (and only just now) the last day of January. This means our February gathering is tomorrow!
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
We'll pray vespers, share the Eucharist, and have a conversation about loving God with our whole selves.
Join us live or watch later - and may the Lord bless you.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
Let Your love keep us tender
as we journey deeper into
the pain Your love can heal.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Let Your love keep us tender
as we journey deeper into
the pain Your love can heal.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Lord,
Let Your love keep us tender
as we journey deeper into
the pain Your love can heal.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Let Your love keep us tender
as we journey deeper into
the pain Your love can heal.
Amen.
A blessing for our fourth week of Ordinary Time.
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I love a good walk. There is something so wonderful about moving through the world on foot. The slowness allows me to slow down amidst the fullness of my life. I always feel behind. I cannot remember the last time I made one of my self-imposed deadlines.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I love a good walk. There is something so wonderful about moving through the world on foot. The slowness allows me to slow down amidst the fullness of my life. I always feel behind. I cannot remember the last time I made one of my self-imposed deadlines.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
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Lord,
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Lord,
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
Our very own @paul.urbanmonastic.org is hosting the final two sessions this Saturday! They are early & late here in Paris, so it's easier for you to join where you are! Each conversation is on how the three pieces of our foundations work together (and what these are). Lots of good feedback so far!
We are hosting over a dozen Up Close events this month to share and discuss our Vows and Common Life before we hope to finalize them in February. We deeply value and need your presence at any one of them to help us (each will cover the same content).
The zoom info is in our Newsletter (or DM us).
The zoom info is in our Newsletter (or DM us).
Urban Monastic Foundations Up Close - Urban Monastic
Urban Monastic Foundations Up Close Explore how our Way of Life, vows, and common life work together. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on our
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January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Our very own @paul.urbanmonastic.org is hosting the final two sessions this Saturday! They are early & late here in Paris, so it's easier for you to join where you are! Each conversation is on how the three pieces of our foundations work together (and what these are). Lots of good feedback so far!
Our Collect for the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
Let us pray.
God, You struck the Apostle Paul blind for his blindness to who You truly are. As he converted, You called him to repent of exclusion and violence. He accepted the expansiveness of Your love. † Let Paul's example...
Let us pray.
God, You struck the Apostle Paul blind for his blindness to who You truly are. As he converted, You called him to repent of exclusion and violence. He accepted the expansiveness of Your love. † Let Paul's example...
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Our Collect for the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
Let us pray.
God, You struck the Apostle Paul blind for his blindness to who You truly are. As he converted, You called him to repent of exclusion and violence. He accepted the expansiveness of Your love. † Let Paul's example...
Let us pray.
God, You struck the Apostle Paul blind for his blindness to who You truly are. As he converted, You called him to repent of exclusion and violence. He accepted the expansiveness of Your love. † Let Paul's example...
It's a really good way of life. You should read it and let it invite you into a better way of living with your neighbors, yourself, and our God.
As the US Government continues to ramp up its use of violence against its own citizens, there is another way. Let's reject violence and not kill. It's easy.
ICE should try it. This is chapter 26 from the Urban Monastic Way of Life. Unfortunately, I suspect it will always be topical.
ICE should try it. This is chapter 26 from the Urban Monastic Way of Life. Unfortunately, I suspect it will always be topical.
Reject Violence and Do not Kill - From Our Way of Life - Urban Monastic
Throughout the history of monasticism, our ancestors have not fought. They rejected violence, even when it meant their own death. The monastic tradition we are a part of is unwavering in its rejection...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It's a really good way of life. You should read it and let it invite you into a better way of living with your neighbors, yourself, and our God.
Lord,
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Lord,
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
You are our source of life,
for all good things come to us
from Your loving affection.
Amen.
A blessing for our third week of Ordinary Time.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our third week of Ordinary Time.
Our next session starts in an hour!
5–6pm CET/11am-12pm EST/8-9am PST
We've had many really lovely and encouraging conversations so far. Can you set aside an hour to learn and share with us before we finalize our foundations next month?
DM for the Zoom details (they were also in our newsletter)
5–6pm CET/11am-12pm EST/8-9am PST
We've had many really lovely and encouraging conversations so far. Can you set aside an hour to learn and share with us before we finalize our foundations next month?
DM for the Zoom details (they were also in our newsletter)
We are hosting over a dozen Up Close events this month to share and discuss our Vows and Common Life before we hope to finalize them in February. We deeply value and need your presence at any one of them to help us (each will cover the same content).
The zoom info is in our Newsletter (or DM us).
The zoom info is in our Newsletter (or DM us).
Urban Monastic Foundations Up Close - Urban Monastic
Urban Monastic Foundations Up Close Explore how our Way of Life, vows, and common life work together. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on our
urbanmonastic.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Our next session starts in an hour!
5–6pm CET/11am-12pm EST/8-9am PST
We've had many really lovely and encouraging conversations so far. Can you set aside an hour to learn and share with us before we finalize our foundations next month?
DM for the Zoom details (they were also in our newsletter)
5–6pm CET/11am-12pm EST/8-9am PST
We've had many really lovely and encouraging conversations so far. Can you set aside an hour to learn and share with us before we finalize our foundations next month?
DM for the Zoom details (they were also in our newsletter)
Our Collect for Anthony the Great of Egypt
Today is his Memorial.
Let us pray. Saint Anthony, intercede for us.
God, You called blessed Abbot Anthony to solitude in the desert of Egypt. Within the ruins of empire, Your grace brought him through a profound conversion of life. †
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Today is his Memorial.
Let us pray. Saint Anthony, intercede for us.
God, You called blessed Abbot Anthony to solitude in the desert of Egypt. Within the ruins of empire, Your grace brought him through a profound conversion of life. †
1/2
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Our Collect for Anthony the Great of Egypt
Today is his Memorial.
Let us pray. Saint Anthony, intercede for us.
God, You called blessed Abbot Anthony to solitude in the desert of Egypt. Within the ruins of empire, Your grace brought him through a profound conversion of life. †
1/2
Today is his Memorial.
Let us pray. Saint Anthony, intercede for us.
God, You called blessed Abbot Anthony to solitude in the desert of Egypt. Within the ruins of empire, Your grace brought him through a profound conversion of life. †
1/2