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This resource relating to 2 Kings 2:1-12 provides a poem by Rumi (1207-1273) highlighting God's use of prophets as mirrors and a poem by Geffrey Davis recounting one man's revelation from God.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
2 Kings 2:1-12
CLASSIC POEM:
Humanity, Reflection of the Beloved
Rumi
Parrots are taught to speak without understanding the
words. The method is to place a mirror between the
parrot and the trainer. The trainer, hidden by the
mirror, utters the words, and the parrot, seeing his
own reflection in the mirror, fancies another parrot
is speaking, and imitates all that is said by the
trainer behind the mirror. So God uses prophets and
saints as mirrors whereby to instruct men, viz., the
bodies of these saints and prophets; and men, when
they hear the words proceeding from these mirrors,
are utterly ignorant that they are really being
spoken by “Universal Reason” or the “Word of God”
behind the mirror of the saints.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
What I Mean When I Say Elijah-man
Geffrey Davis
Snippet:
That Sunday in Chehalis, my father testified
and I watched as he wept before the pulpit,
his shoulders heaving, his hands
clapping up thunder above our heads,
his mouth open on the note of awe as he told us
the promise God had made in the dream:
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2 Kings 2:1-12
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Second Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, February 5, 2024