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This resource relating to Philippians 4:1-9 provides a poem by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) highlighting the married love between a couple and a poem by Stephen Dunn (1939-2021) highlighting the beauty of endurance exemplified in a race.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Philippians 4:1-9
CLASSIC POEM:
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay;
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let’s so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Always Something More Beautiful
Stephen Dunn
SNIPPET:
This time I came to the starting place
with my best running shoes, and pure speed
held back for the finish,
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Philippians 4:1-9
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 23 (Ordinary Time 28)
Date:
Monday, October 9, 2023