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This resource relating to Luke 12:49-56 provides a poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963) highlighting how hate leads to destruction and a poem by T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) highlighting a spiritual pilgrimage.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 12:49-56
CLASSIC POEM:
Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Little Gidding, IV
T.S. Eliot
SNIPPET:
The dove descending breaks the air
With flame of incandescent terror
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 12:49-56
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 15 (Ordinary Time 20)
Date:
Monday, August 8, 2022