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This resource relating to 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 provides a poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963) highlighting the destructive nature of hatred and greed and a poem by Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) highlighting the indifference to impending doom.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
I Cor. 7:29-31
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 know 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:
Song for the End of the World
Czeslaw Milosz
On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A fisherman mends a glimmering net.
Happy porpoises jump in the sea,
By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.
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Key Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Date:
Monday, January 15, 2024