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This resource relating to Acts 3:12-19 provides a poem by Ameen Rihani (1876-1940) highlighting themes of faith, doubt, and loss and a poem by Sarah Ruden highlighting repentance.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Acts 3:12-19
CLASSIC POEM:
Repentance
Ameen Rihani
When tears wash tears and soul upon soul leaps,
When clasped in arms of anguish and of pain,
When love beneath the feet of passion creeps,
Ah me, what do we gain?
When we our rosy bower to demons lease,
When Life’s most tender strains by shrieks are slain,
When strife invades our quietude and peace,
Ah me, what do we gain?
When we allow the herbs of hate to sprout,
When weeds of jealousy the lily stain,
When pearls of faith are crushed by stones of doubt,
Ah me, what do we gain?
When night creeps on us in the light of day,
When we nepenthes of good cheer disdain,
When on the throne of courage sits dismay,
Ah me, what do we gain?
When sweetness, goodness, kindness all have died,
When naught but broken, bleeding hearts remain,
When rough- shod o’er our better self we ride,
Ah me, what do we gain?
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Repentance
Sarah Ruden
Snippet:
Too bad to stay here
Until the snow.
How do the birds live?
Where does the sky go?
Who can afford us?
We’ll be let out
For good and all:
Raw paws, bruised snout.
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Acts 3:12-19
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Third Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, April 8, 2024