Urban Monastic
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Inviting you to a monastic way of living where you are. We're an international Christian & ecumenical community. Rooted in monastic traditions. Open to all.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time.
September 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
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.
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.
September 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Lord,
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.
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.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time.
September 20, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
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.
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.
September 20, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Lord,
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.
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.
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'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
~ Anthony the Great of Egypt
September 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
'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
~ Anthony the Great of Egypt
Our 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...
May it bless you and help you be present with God.
life.urbanmonastic.org/pray/vespers...
Vespers for Sunday 6 September
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September 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Our 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...
May it bless you and help you be present with God.
life.urbanmonastic.org/pray/vespers...
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time.
September 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
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.
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.
September 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Lord,
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.
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.
"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 Prins
A Meditation on Chp 10 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prins
Seeing My Work Bring the Kingdom of Heaven into Creation - Urban Monastic
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 ar...
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September 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
"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 Prins
A Meditation on Chp 10 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prins
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
August 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
A 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..."
"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..."
Choosing the Divine Light of Justice, Kindness, and Humility - Urban Monastic
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 and Messiah. God had allowed Peter the faith to see Jesu...
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August 30, 2026 at 7:41 AM
A 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..."
"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..."
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
August 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
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.
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.
August 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Lord,
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.
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.
A 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?
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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?
🔗 👇
Discovering Generosity for Myself and Others - Urban Monastic
Jesus 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...
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August 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
A 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?
🔗 👇
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?
🔗 👇
We 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.
Learn more about their work to help us get established.
Announcing our Establishing Abbots - Urban Monastic
Our 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
urbanmonastic.org
August 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We 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.
Learn more about their work to help us get established.
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I really enjoyed writing this one. I hope it encourages you to invite God to see things in new ways.
"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 🔗
Read Paul's weekly meditation 🔗
Seeing What I Have not Seen Before - Urban Monastic
The 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...
urbanmonastic.org
August 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I really enjoyed writing this one. I hope it encourages you to invite God to see things in new ways.
"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 🔗
Read Paul's weekly meditation 🔗
Seeing What I Have not Seen Before - Urban Monastic
The 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...
urbanmonastic.org
August 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"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 🔗
Read Paul's weekly meditation 🔗
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
August 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
August 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
Lord,
Beyond comprehension, You abound
in generosity, mercy, and grace
that sustains Your creation.
Amen.
A Blessing for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
Beyond comprehension, You abound
in generosity, mercy, and grace
that sustains Your creation.
Amen.
A Blessing for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
August 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Lord,
Beyond comprehension, You abound
in generosity, mercy, and grace
that sustains Your creation.
Amen.
A Blessing for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
Beyond comprehension, You abound
in generosity, mercy, and grace
that sustains Your creation.
Amen.
A Blessing for our Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time.
Yesterday (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.
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.
August 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Yesterday (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.
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.
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Nous ne pouvons découvrir Jésus Christ que dans l'amour et le respect
August 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Nous ne pouvons découvrir Jésus Christ que dans l'amour et le respect
"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 👇
A Meditation on Chapter 15 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prins 👇
My Time with God Helps Me Embody the Fruit of the Spirit - Urban Monastic
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 ...
urbanmonastic.org
August 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
"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 👇
A Meditation on Chapter 15 of our Way of Life by Jordan Prins 👇
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My 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.
I know these 8 minutes reading it will bless you and encourage you for the week.
A 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.
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.
From Exclusion to Faith to Becoming like Jesus - Urban Monastic
This 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...
urbanmonastic.org
August 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
My 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.
I know these 8 minutes reading it will bless you and encourage you for the week.
A 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.
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.
From Exclusion to Faith to Becoming like Jesus - Urban Monastic
This 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...
urbanmonastic.org
August 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
A 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.
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.