Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 27/09/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time. 043
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 27/09/2026Lord, In Your tenderness draw close to me as I seek to center my life on You. Amen. A Blessing for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time. 051
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 20/09/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time. 020
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 20/09/2026Lord, Let each breath that fills my lungs be a reminder that Your love reaches to the depths of my being Amen. A Blessing for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time. 033
Reposted by Urban MonasticPaul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 11/09/2026'I saw the devil's snares set all over the earth, and I groaned and said, "What can pass through them?" I heard a voice saying, "Humility."' ~ Anthony the Great of Egypt 161
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 06/09/2026Our Sunday Vespers is ready for you to pray. This is the evening hour of the Divine Office. The text comes from the Ecumenical Breviary of Urban Monastics we continue to work on every month. May it bless you and help you be present with God. life.urbanmonastic.org/pray/vespers...life.urbanmonastic.orgVespers for Sunday 6 September 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 06/09/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time. 052
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 06/09/2026Lord, As we live with our neighbors continue to live with us and pour Your love upon us all. Amen. A Blessing for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time. 031
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 02/09/2026"I love the idea that my life and what I do can bring creation closer to God. It feels like a big responsibility. It feels like a grand calling. Looking back at the work I’ve been involved in, there are common threads tying it all together." A Meditation on Chp 10 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prinsurbanmonastic.orgSeeing My Work Bring the Kingdom of Heaven into Creation - Urban MonasticI love the idea that my life and what I do can bring creation closer to God. It feels like a big responsibility. It feels like a grand calling. Looking back at the work I've been involved in, there ar... 031
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 29/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time. 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 30/08/2026A Lectionary Meditation for our Week "It was Peter that flat-out rejected what must come. Imagine pulling Jesus aside to rebuke Him shortly after you proclaimed Him to be the Christ & Messiah. God had allowed Peter the faith to see Jesus as the Christ & the Son of Man. Peter could not yet see..."urbanmonastic.orgChoosing the Divine Light of Justice, Kindness, and Humility - Urban MonasticIt was Peter that flat-out rejected what must come. Imagine pulling Jesus aside to rebuke Him shortly after you proclaimed Him to be the Christ and Messiah. God had allowed Peter the faith to see Jesu... 051
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 29/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time. 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 29/08/2026Lord, Give us abundant joy and hope as we watch Your love move in harmony with our work. Amen. A Blessing for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time. 133
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 28/08/2026A Meditation on Chapter 17 of our Way of Life. Jesus meets me with a gentle, gracious love every time I succeed & every time I fail. Yet I don’t always meet myself with that same gentle response. How wonderful would that be, where each time I failed, I gave myself the love & grace Jesus does? 🔗 👇urbanmonastic.orgDiscovering Generosity for Myself and Others - Urban MonasticJesus meets me with a gentle, gracious love every time I succeed and every time I fail. Yet I don't always meet myself with that same gentle response. How wonderful would that be, where each time I fa... 032
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 28/08/2026We have begun a new phase of establishing Urban Monastics as a community and within the Church. To help us do this work, our leadership team has voted and named @paul.urbanmonastic.org and @jordanprins.com as our Establishing Abbots. Learn more about their work to help us get established.urbanmonastic.orgAnnouncing our Establishing Abbots - Urban MonasticOur God continues to make a way forward for Urban Monasticism. The time has come for us, as an organization, to appoint our two Establishing Abbots who will help us 042
Reposted by Urban MonasticPaul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 24/08/2026I really enjoyed writing this one. I hope it encourages you to invite God to see things in new ways. 011
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 24/08/2026"The ways Simon Peter’s senses were experiencing Jesus in the moment of his Christological confession were not different from weeks or years earlier... The way that Peter was experiencing the world had not changed, but our God had done something within him." Read Paul's weekly meditation 🔗urbanmonastic.orgSeeing What I Have not Seen Before - Urban MonasticThe ways Simon Peter's senses were experiencing Jesus in the moment of his Christological confession were not different from weeks or years earlier. He still saw the same person. The voice of Jesus st... 021
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time. 021
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time. 021
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/08/2026Lord, Beyond comprehension, You abound in generosity, mercy, and grace that sustains Your creation. Amen. A Blessing for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time. 021
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/08/2026Yesterday (August 21) the founders held a vote and chose Paul and Jordan to be our establishing Abbots. Pray for them! They will hold this role and title until such a time as a there are a sufficient number of professed Monastics to hold a vote for our first two General Abbots of Urban Monastics. 030
Reposted by Urban MonasticFrère Vladimir @vgaudrat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Nous ne pouvons découvrir Jésus Christ que dans l'amour et le respect 033
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 21/08/2026"One of the things I hope for is to experience the Fruit of the Spirit naturally flowing out of me, into the depths of the world. To embody parts of who Jesus is at his core, and to share those things with those around me." A Meditation on Chapter 15 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prins 👇urbanmonastic.orgMy Time with God Helps Me Embody the Fruit of the Spirit - Urban MonasticOne of the things I hope for is to experience the Fruit of the Spirit naturally flowing out of me, into the depths of the world. To embody parts of who Jesus is at his core, and to share those things ... 022
Reposted by Urban MonasticPaul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 16/08/2026My meditation on this weeks Gospel reading from Matthew 15 - the Canaanite Woman of Faith. I know these 8 minutes reading it will bless you and encourage you for the week. 033
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 16/08/2026A Weekly Lectionary Meditation One thing about who the Canaanite woman was made her an outsider. Yet, Jesus saw through this & saw her when His world did not. He accepted her. Jesus saw me and accepted me. She knelt before Jesus and asked for mercy so that someone she loved would be healed.urbanmonastic.orgFrom Exclusion to Faith to Becoming like Jesus - Urban MonasticThis one thing about who the Canaanite woman was had made her an outsider. Yet, Jesus saw through this and saw her when His world that did not. He accepted her. Jesus saw me and accepted me. She knelt... 041
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 15/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twentieth Week of Ordinary Time. 030
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 15/08/2026Lord, From within our depths Your Spirit shines forth helping us to become like You. Amen. A blessing for our twentieth week of Ordinary Time. 011
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 11/08/2026"I want to be a strong tower whose faith doesn’t falter, but mine does. It falters a lot. It feels fickle because my faith in God is held in my hands. My faith is held by my weakness. So I cry out to the Lord to save me." Read @paul.urbanmonastic.org's Weekly Meditation 👇urbanmonastic.orgJesus is Near When my Faith is Overcome by Doubt - Urban MonasticEven as Peter was sliding into the depths towards his death, our God was there. He cried out, "Lord, save me!" I've cried this same prayer many times before. Just like Peter, doubt overcomes my faith.... 032
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 09/08/2026A Lectionary Meditation for our 19th Week of Ordinary Time by Paul Prins Even as Peter was sliding into the depths towards his death, our God was there. He cried out, “Lord, save me!” I’ve cried this same prayer many times before. Just like Peter, doubt overcomes my faith.... 110
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 08/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time. 043
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 08/08/2026Lord, Illuminate our hearts and lives every time we devote ourselves and set ourselves aside for You. Amen. A blessing for our nineteenth week of Ordinary Time. 032
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 02/08/2026Every year I continue to learn new ways of seeing His compassion at work in myself & in our world. Every year His compassion becomes more miraculous. There are even moments where I am invited to be a conduit for the compassion of Christ. A Lectionary Meditation for our 18th Week of Ordinary Time 👇urbanmonastic.orgLearning to See the Miraculous Compassion of our God - Urban MonasticEvery year I continue to learn new ways of seeing His compassion at work in myself, and in our world. Every year His compassion becomes more miraculous. There are even moments where I am invited to be... 022
Reposted by Urban MonasticPaul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 02/08/2026My weekly meditation is up. I love that the gospels tell us again and again that Jesus looked upon the crowds and felt compassion for them. That detail about Him has informed and defined so much of my approach to ministry. It is in this weeks gospel reading, and it made it into the title as well. 032
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 02/08/2026Every year I continue to learn new ways of seeing His compassion at work in myself & in our world. Every year His compassion becomes more miraculous. There are even moments where I am invited to be a conduit for the compassion of Christ. A Lectionary Meditation for our 18th Week of Ordinary Time 👇urbanmonastic.orgLearning to See the Miraculous Compassion of our God - Urban MonasticEvery year I continue to learn new ways of seeing His compassion at work in myself, and in our world. Every year His compassion becomes more miraculous. There are even moments where I am invited to be... 022
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 01/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our eighteenth week of Ordinary Time. 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 01/08/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our eighteenth week of Ordinary Time. 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 01/08/2026Lord, Let Your Love flow through us as we embody Your compassion for ourselves and our neighbors. Amen. A blessing for our eighteenth week of Ordinary Time. 033
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 29/07/2026Simplifying My Life so I can Love More A Meditation on our Chapter 12 from Way of Life by Jordan Prins Where and how I spend my time has a big influence on how I’m able to love people. Living a simple life allows more space to be present with God. It helps me to be more present with others.urbanmonastic.orgSimplifying My Life so I can Love More - Urban MonasticWhere and how I spend my time has a big influence on how I'm able to love people. Living a simple life allows more space to be present with God. It helps me to be more present with others. 021
Reposted by Urban MonasticMarguerite @margueritek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Wonderful truth here. If you think you already know these parables well enough, you don't. ❤️☺️ 172
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 26/07/2026Paul's Lectionary Meditation for our 17th Week of Ordinary Time It is God's love that awakens the seed grow. It is love that moves almost unseen through the depths of me, bringing lightness, comfort & hope. Jesus has been teaching me to see how God’s love moves beyond sight & grows in my world.urbanmonastic.orgEvery Movement of the Kingdom of Heaven Starts with Love - Urban MonasticEvery time the growth and movement of His Kingdom starts with love. It is the love of God that gives me life. It is His love that awakens the seed to transform and grow. It is love that moves almost u... 022
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 25/07/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our seventeenth week of Ordinary Time. 042
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 25/07/2026Lord, Your love is a light in my life. Let it shine forth into the lives of all Your beloved near me. Amen. A blessing for our seventeenth week of Ordinary Time. 052
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/07/2026It’s the Feast of Mary Magdalene - the Apostle to the Apostles and the first to proclaim the resurrection. We invite you to pray Vespers out of our ecumenical breviary.life.urbanmonastic.orgVespers for Mary Magdalene - Wednesday 22 July 130
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 22/07/2026A Meditation on our Way of Life God’s peace isn’t a peace I can fabricate or create for myself. It is a divine peace. A divine peace that fills my being with each breath. It is something my soul longs for. It is a restoring peace that allows me to continue to be present with myself, others, & God.urbanmonastic.orgMaking Silence and Waiting for Divine Peace - Urban MonasticGod's peace isn't a peace I can fabricate or create for myself. It is a divine peace. A divine peace that fills my being with each breath. It is something my soul longs for. It is a restoring peace th... 010
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 19/07/2026A Meditation for our Week by @paul.urbanmonastic.org In the parable, it is clear that Jesus is compassionate. He has love for the children of the Kingdom. He wants nothing to harm them or to keep them from growing. I think it is also clear that He has hope for those who are not yet children.urbanmonastic.orgWhere the Kingdom of Heaven Touches Creation - Urban MonasticIn the parable, it is clear that Jesus is compassionate. He has love for the children of the Kingdom. He wants nothing to harm them or to keep them from growing. I think it is also clear that He has h... 020
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 18/07/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our sixteenth week of Ordinary Time. 021
Urban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 18/07/2026Lord, When I step into silence You pour out Your peace that only You can give. Amen. A blessing for our sixteenth week of Ordinary Time. 033
Reposted by Urban MonasticPaul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 14/07/2026Over two hours today talking through and working on the essentials for Urban Monastics. This is turning out so great. It is what explains our common life and our vows. I am very excited to get to when we can share this with you all! 031
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 11/07/2026Lord, You have called us into the city, and we invite You to guide us into the rhythms and ways of life. Amen. A blessing for our fifteenth week of Ordinary Time. 042
Reposted by Urban MonasticUrban Monastic @urbanmonastic.org · 11/07/2026Let us pray. This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our fifteenth week of Ordinary Time. 042