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This resource relating to Ephesians 3:14-21 provides a poem by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) seeking God's strength and a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) seeking God's guidance and protection.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Ephesians 3:14-21
CLASSIC POEM:
Give Me Strength
Rabindranath Tagore
This is my prayer to thee, my lord—-strike,
strike at the root of penury in my heart.
Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.
Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.
Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.
Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.
And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Listen, Lord
James Weldon Johnson
SNIPPET:
O Lord, we come this morning
Knee-bowed and body-bent
Before Thy throne of grace.
O Lord—this morning—
Bow our hearts beneath our knees,
And our knees in some lonesome valley.
We come this morning—
Like empty pitchers to a full fountain,
With no merits of our own.
O Lord—open up a window of heaven,
And lean out far over the battlements of glory,
And listen this morning.
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Key Scriptures:
Ephesians 3:14-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 12 (Ordinary Time 17)