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This resource relating to John 17:1-11 provides a poem by Rumi (1207-1273) highlighting a love for God and a poem by Tracy K. Smith highlighting themes of hope and unity.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: John 17:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine
Rumi
(trans. by R.A. Nicholson)
Eternal Life is gained
by utter abandonment of one’s own life.
When God appears to His ardent lover,
the lover is absorbed in Him, and not so much as a hair of the lover remains.
True lovers are as shadows,
and when the sun shines in glory the shadows vanish away.
He is a true lover to God to whom God says
“I am thine and thou art Mine.”
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Harbor
Tracy K. Smith
SNIPPET:
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Stranger, you’re the words to a hymn I’ve only ever hummed.
Come. Let’s erase the distance between skin and skin.
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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John 17:1-11
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Year A Seventh Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 15, 2023