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This resource relating to Romans 7:15-25 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) highlighting the ways God protects us from and warns us against sin.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Romans 7:15-25a
CLASSIC POEM:
Sin (I)
George Herbert
Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round!
Parents first season us; then schoolmasters
Deliver us to laws; they send us bound
To rules of reason, holy messengers,
Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow-dogging sin,
Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes,
Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in,
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,
Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness,
The sound of glory ringing in our ears,
Without, our shame, within, our consciences,
Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears.
Yet all these fences and their whole array
One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
A Recuperation of Sin
Scott Cairns
SNIPPET:
I suppose we might do away with words like sin.
They are at least archaic, not to mention rude,
and late generations have been pretty well-schooled
against the presumption of holding anything
to be absolutely so, universally
applicable, especially anything like
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Romans 7:15-25
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 9 (Ordinary Time 14)
Date:
Sunday, July 2, 2023