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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If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
He’s doing it for the gram!
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
He’s doing it for the gram!
You’ve got to be Gherkin my chain! This is Vlasic Minneapolis!! 😂
January 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
You’ve got to be Gherkin my chain! This is Vlasic Minneapolis!! 😂
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
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Shout out to the neighbor lady who baked cookies and is driving around bringing cookies to people on ICE watch. We all have a role to play
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Shout out to the neighbor lady who baked cookies and is driving around bringing cookies to people on ICE watch. We all have a role to play
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Sorry, not sorry, for all the Minneapolis/Minnesota posts I've been making lately. My heart is broken for a place and people I love so much. Much of who I am today is because I was born and grew up there. I'm trying my best to do the work before me, but it's exceptionally hard right now.
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Sorry, not sorry, for all the Minneapolis/Minnesota posts I've been making lately. My heart is broken for a place and people I love so much. Much of who I am today is because I was born and grew up there. I'm trying my best to do the work before me, but it's exceptionally hard right now.
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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)
hey, I care too. Just that I didn't know thats what we were doing _here_. Take care of yourself Talique. Our God has big hopes for His people through you.
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
hey, I care too. Just that I didn't know thats what we were doing _here_. Take care of yourself Talique. Our God has big hopes for His people through you.
lol, i didn't know this was gonna be a thread encouraging you to make healthy life choices.....
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
lol, i didn't know this was gonna be a thread encouraging you to make healthy life choices.....
Any other obstructions you're getting cleared out?
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Any other obstructions you're getting cleared out?
Jordan and I smoke pipes from time to time. Maybe only a handful of times a year, but I enjoy it. It’s way more work than cigarettes or cigars and I know that dissuade me from doing it more (along with health side effects).
January 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jordan and I smoke pipes from time to time. Maybe only a handful of times a year, but I enjoy it. It’s way more work than cigarettes or cigars and I know that dissuade me from doing it more (along with health side effects).
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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. †
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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. †
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Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our second week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our second week of Ordinary Time.
January 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Let us pray.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our second week of Ordinary Time.
This is the Urban Monastic Collect for our second week of Ordinary Time.
It’s a daily thing here in France. As a kid in the Midwest we’d go all winter with the windows locked down. Opening them up makes such a difference!
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It’s a daily thing here in France. As a kid in the Midwest we’d go all winter with the windows locked down. Opening them up makes such a difference!
Praying for you Kara. May you be in capable care and feel abounding peace.
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Praying for you Kara. May you be in capable care and feel abounding peace.
So. Many. Photos. 😂
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So. Many. Photos. 😂
Yes, but this is so many more sixes!
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Yes, but this is so many more sixes!
That’s too much math for this joke. So I trust you on the arithmetic.
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
That’s too much math for this joke. So I trust you on the arithmetic.
Doesn’t look like it will fly yet.
January 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Doesn’t look like it will fly yet.
Well, the photos go back to 2003 and I also went to art school.
January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Well, the photos go back to 2003 and I also went to art school.
This is nothing... right?
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is nothing... right?
This is like the ICE version of the Red Wedding from game of thrones.
There are somethings for which I struggle to comprehend what repentance and making a mends looks like. This is one of those situations.
There are somethings for which I struggle to comprehend what repentance and making a mends looks like. This is one of those situations.
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This is like the ICE version of the Red Wedding from game of thrones.
There are somethings for which I struggle to comprehend what repentance and making a mends looks like. This is one of those situations.
There are somethings for which I struggle to comprehend what repentance and making a mends looks like. This is one of those situations.
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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I can confirm via friend that works at MSP….”there was a confrontation with Ice and tsa yesterday. They were confronting the tsa in the checkpoints and asking for THEIR papers”
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I can confirm via friend that works at MSP….”there was a confrontation with Ice and tsa yesterday. They were confronting the tsa in the checkpoints and asking for THEIR papers”