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This resource relating to Colossians 3:!-4 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) highlighting the concept of being hidden in Christ and a poem by Tania Runyan highlighting the setting our mind on things above.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Colossians 3:1-4
CLASSIC POEM:
Colossians 3:3
Our Life is Hid with Christ in God
George Herbert
MY words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That LIFE hath with the sun a double motion.
The first IS straight, and our diurnal friend :
The other HID, and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapt IN flesh, and tends to earth ;
The other winds t’wards HIM whose happy birth
Taught me to live here so THAT still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which IS on high—
Quitting with daily labour all MY pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal TREASURE.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Setting My Mind
Tania Runyan
SNIPPET:
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I pray that I can unclench and love,
find the mysteries of the Spirit
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Resurrection of the Lord
Date:
Tuesday, April 4, 2023