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This resource relating to Jeremiah 33:14-18 provides a poem by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) highlighting how no art can match God's creation and a poem by Francisco X. Alarcón (1954-2016) highlighting the suffering of immigrants.
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*** Narrative Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Jeremiah 33:14-18
CLASSIC POEM:
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
To Those Who Have Lost Everything
Francisco X. Alarcon
SNIPPET:
crossed
in despair
many deserts
full of hope
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Jeremiah 33:14-18
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Narrative lectionary week:
NL213 Promise of the Messiah
Date:
Monday, November 27, 2023