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
Why are purple candles so hard to find in France? So now we have blue advent candles and that’s perfectly fine, but I’m trying to not start making my own pillar candles.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Why are purple candles so hard to find in France? So now we have blue advent candles and that’s perfectly fine, but I’m trying to not start making my own pillar candles.
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With Advent approaching, there is something Meister Eckhart would like you to know.
(taken from 'Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart')
(taken from 'Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart')
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
With Advent approaching, there is something Meister Eckhart would like you to know.
(taken from 'Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart')
(taken from 'Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart')
Christmas is starting to ramp up before the first Sunday of Advent here in Paris. Decorations continue to go up and the trees are showing up at shops!
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Christmas is starting to ramp up before the first Sunday of Advent here in Paris. Decorations continue to go up and the trees are showing up at shops!
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Is this the persecution of the faithful I was warned about, growing up evangelical? My nationalist co-religionists are denying it now, but these are precisely the scenarios we were breathlessly schooled on, reading stories of saints and martyrs following Jesus at all costs.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Is this the persecution of the faithful I was warned about, growing up evangelical? My nationalist co-religionists are denying it now, but these are precisely the scenarios we were breathlessly schooled on, reading stories of saints and martyrs following Jesus at all costs.
Remember to plug in your pets before you go to bed. That way they will be ready to play in the morning!
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Remember to plug in your pets before you go to bed. That way they will be ready to play in the morning!
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Co-signed
I wish so deeply that there were a way to get people to stop asking “Are you going home for Thanksgiving / Christmas?”
I am a middle aged adult. The home that I have is the one live in, and calling anything aside from that “home” makes a whole lot of presumptions.
I am a middle aged adult. The home that I have is the one live in, and calling anything aside from that “home” makes a whole lot of presumptions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Co-signed
Well the barber I've been going to for the last 8+ years seems to have just vanished within the last couple weeks. Website and socials are gone. Marked perminantly closed on Google.
I'm not looking forward to finding a new person that I like. I already miss not needing to explain the cut I want.
I'm not looking forward to finding a new person that I like. I already miss not needing to explain the cut I want.
Welp, I shouldn't have put off getting a haircut because it's now August in Paris.
See ya in September, Beret. I won't cheat on you with some lesser clipper jockey from the street. Enjoy your vacation.
It's taken years, but I only have to say "Comme d'hab" when I go in for a cut. Introverts dream!
See ya in September, Beret. I won't cheat on you with some lesser clipper jockey from the street. Enjoy your vacation.
It's taken years, but I only have to say "Comme d'hab" when I go in for a cut. Introverts dream!
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Well the barber I've been going to for the last 8+ years seems to have just vanished within the last couple weeks. Website and socials are gone. Marked perminantly closed on Google.
I'm not looking forward to finding a new person that I like. I already miss not needing to explain the cut I want.
I'm not looking forward to finding a new person that I like. I already miss not needing to explain the cut I want.
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👋 to everyone at #AAR and #SBL in Boston. This feed that aggregates all related hashtags into one easy to follow chronological feed. It ensures you don't miss something because it was tagged #AARSBL25 and you were looking at #SBLAAR25.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
👋 to everyone at #AAR and #SBL in Boston. This feed that aggregates all related hashtags into one easy to follow chronological feed. It ensures you don't miss something because it was tagged #AARSBL25 and you were looking at #SBLAAR25.
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This image has created an opportunity to practice and extend grace in my marriage. Wow. After nearly 19 years of wedded bliss, ya think you’d know a person. 😂
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This image has created an opportunity to practice and extend grace in my marriage. Wow. After nearly 19 years of wedded bliss, ya think you’d know a person. 😂
Post a movie where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Post a movie where you are from.
Snow is starting to stick to some things! I’m going to bed now though.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Snow is starting to stick to some things! I’m going to bed now though.
It’s snowing tonight in Paris! The ground isn’t cool enough for the snow to stick yet. It’s still really pretty!
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s snowing tonight in Paris! The ground isn’t cool enough for the snow to stick yet. It’s still really pretty!
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Niebuhr Society #AARSBL2025 “Christendom has achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.“
- H. Richard Niebuhr
via Valerie Cooper
- H. Richard Niebuhr
via Valerie Cooper
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Niebuhr Society #AARSBL2025 “Christendom has achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.“
- H. Richard Niebuhr
via Valerie Cooper
- H. Richard Niebuhr
via Valerie Cooper
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Lord,
Bless our cities as they wake and sleep.
Bless our cities as they move and breathe.
Bless our cities with and through us.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Bless our cities as they wake and sleep.
Bless our cities as they move and breathe.
Bless our cities with and through us.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time.
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lord,
Bless our cities as they wake and sleep.
Bless our cities as they move and breathe.
Bless our cities with and through us.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time.
Bless our cities as they wake and sleep.
Bless our cities as they move and breathe.
Bless our cities with and through us.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary Time.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary time.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-fourth week of Ordinary time.
👋 to everyone at #AAR and #SBL in Boston. This feed that aggregates all related hashtags into one easy to follow chronological feed. It ensures you don't miss something because it was tagged #AARSBL25 and you were looking at #SBLAAR25.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
👋 to everyone at #AAR and #SBL in Boston. This feed that aggregates all related hashtags into one easy to follow chronological feed. It ensures you don't miss something because it was tagged #AARSBL25 and you were looking at #SBLAAR25.
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I cleaned the glass shelves in our bathrom. Also known as, we have company coming for dinner tomorrow!
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I cleaned the glass shelves in our bathrom. Also known as, we have company coming for dinner tomorrow!
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Yeah I can see why the symbol for the regime that murdered 11 mln people might be considered divisive by some.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yeah I can see why the symbol for the regime that murdered 11 mln people might be considered divisive by some.
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-third week of Ordinary time
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-third week of Ordinary time
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-third week of Ordinary time
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our thirty-third week of Ordinary time
Welcome to the SBL & AAR feed 👋
Don't miss any of the conversations, as this feed aggregates Bluesky posts across all related hashtags. Tagged posts from everyone are included, plus every post from the official AAR & SBL accounts. Unrelated posts are bounced.
Enjoy, Share, Pin & Follow along!
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November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Welcome to the SBL & AAR feed 👋
Don't miss any of the conversations, as this feed aggregates Bluesky posts across all related hashtags. Tagged posts from everyone are included, plus every post from the official AAR & SBL accounts. Unrelated posts are bounced.
Enjoy, Share, Pin & Follow along!
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St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
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Lord,
Stir and build within us a love
for the unique closeness with You
we only find through fasting.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-third week of Ordinary Time.
Stir and build within us a love
for the unique closeness with You
we only find through fasting.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-third week of Ordinary Time.
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lord,
Stir and build within us a love
for the unique closeness with You
we only find through fasting.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-third week of Ordinary Time.
Stir and build within us a love
for the unique closeness with You
we only find through fasting.
Amen.
A blessing for our thirty-third week of Ordinary Time.
To help everyone going to/following along with the #AARSBL25 conference this week in Boston you can follow this feed (pin it to make it easier to follow) 👇
It aggregates all the hashtags - #sbl #aar #aarsbl #sblaar etc - into one place. I keep the feed clean too!
Follow and share with friends!
It aggregates all the hashtags - #sbl #aar #aarsbl #sblaar etc - into one place. I keep the feed clean too!
Follow and share with friends!
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In his speech, the pope captured a lot of what I love about cinema. It elevates us by inviting us into the story and lives of the characters. It can open our minds to new ideas and realities. Good cinema shows us ways of hope, and the courage to act in hope. Plus it's fun.
It's worth the read.
It's worth the read.
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
deadline.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In his speech, the pope captured a lot of what I love about cinema. It elevates us by inviting us into the story and lives of the characters. It can open our minds to new ideas and realities. Good cinema shows us ways of hope, and the courage to act in hope. Plus it's fun.
It's worth the read.
It's worth the read.
Ah yes, Matt Walsh. Christianity is most well known for _not_ being about a father whose son died that others might live…
You’re allowed to believe & live how you want but Jesus was pretty emphatic that his followers needed to follow his example: loving your neighbors, giving yourself up for them.
You’re allowed to believe & live how you want but Jesus was pretty emphatic that his followers needed to follow his example: loving your neighbors, giving yourself up for them.
PSA: If you claim to be a "practicing Catholic" and you believe this, you really are not listening to the Gospel reading on Sunday mornings. Matthew 10:34-37, Matthew 12:46-50, Mark 3:31-35, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 14:26, Luke 9:59-62 ⚓️
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ah yes, Matt Walsh. Christianity is most well known for _not_ being about a father whose son died that others might live…
You’re allowed to believe & live how you want but Jesus was pretty emphatic that his followers needed to follow his example: loving your neighbors, giving yourself up for them.
You’re allowed to believe & live how you want but Jesus was pretty emphatic that his followers needed to follow his example: loving your neighbors, giving yourself up for them.