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This resource relating to 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) highlighting God's care for our growth and a poem by Roger Robinson highlighting the idea of carrying paradise inside of ourselves.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
CLASSIC POEM:
Paradise
George Herbert
I Bless thee, Lord, because I GROW
Among thy trees, which in a ROW
To thee both fruit and order OW(E).
What open force, or hidden CHARM
Can blast my fruit, or bring me HARM,
While the inclosure is thine ARM.
Inclose me still for fear I START.
Be to me rather sharp and TART,
Then let me want thy hand and ART.
When thou dost greater judgments SPARE,
And with thy knife but prune and PARE,
Ev’n fruitfull trees more fruitful ARE.
Such sharpness shows the sweetest FREND:
Such cuttings rather heal then REND:
And such beginnings touch their END.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
A Portable Paradise
Roger Robinson
SNIPPET:
And if I speak of Paradise,
then I’m speaking of my grandmother
who told me to carry it always
on my person, concealed, so
no one else would know but me.
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Key Scriptures:
2 Corinthians 4:13-18, 5:1
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 5 (Ordinary Time 10)
Date:
Tuesday, June 4, 2024