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This resource relating to Romans 13:11-14 provides a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) highlighting a romantic awakening and a poem by Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) highlighting learning as one walks through life.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Romans 13:11-14
CLASSIC POEM:
The Awakening
James Weldon Johnson
I dreamed that I was a rose
That grew beside a lonely way,
Close by a path none ever chose,
And there I lingered day by day.
Beneath the sunshine and the show’r
I grew and waited there apart,
Gathering perfume hour by hour,
And storing it within my heart,
Yet, never knew,
Just why I waited there and grew.
I dreamed that you were a bee
That one day gaily flew along,
You came across the hedge to me,
And sang a soft, love-burdened song.
You brushed my petals with a kiss,
I woke to gladness with a start,
And yielded up to you in bliss
The treasured fragrance of my heart;
And then I knew
That I had waited there for you.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Waking
Theodore Roethke
SNIPPET:
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
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Romans 13:11-14
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A First Sunday of Advent
Date:
Monday, November 21, 2022