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This resource relating to Proverbs 22 provides poems by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Jacqueline Woodson highlighting the value of a good name.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
CLASSIC POEM:
A Good Name
William Shakespeare
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;
’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
a girl named Jack
Jacqueline Woodson
SNIPPET:
Good enough name for me, my father said
the day I was born.
Don’t see why
she can’t have it, too.
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Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
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Year B Proper 18 (Ordinary Time 23)