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This resource relating to 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 provides a poem by Rumi (1207-1273) highlighting thankfulness for abundance and a poem by Wendell Berry highlighting generosity and gratitude.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
CLASSIC POEM:
Giving Thanks
for Abundance
Rumi
Giving thanks for abundance
is sweeter than the abundance itself:
Should one who is absorbed with the
Generous One
be distracted by the gift?
Thankfulness is the soul of beneficence;
abundance is but the husk,
for thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
Abundance yields heedlessness;
thankfulness, alertness:
hunt for bounty with the snare of gratitude to the King.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Wish
to be Generous
Wendell Berry
SNIPPET:
All that I serve will die, all my delights,
the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field,
the silent lilies standing in the woods,
the woods, the hill, the whole earth, all
will burn in man’s evil, or dwindle
in its own age.
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2 Corinthians 8:7-15
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 8 (Ordinary Time 13)
Date:
Monday, June 24, 2024