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This resource relating to Luke 18:9-14 provides a poem by Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) inspired by the prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector and a poem by Faisal Mohyuddin highlighting the concept of prayer.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 18:9-14
CLASSIC POEM:
Two Went up into the Temple to Pray
Richard Crashaw
Two went to pray? O rather say
One went to brag, th’ other to pray:
One stands up close and treads on high,
Where th’ other dares not send his eye.
One nearer to God’s altar trod,
The other to the altar’s God.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Prayer
Faisal Mohyuddin
SNIPPET:
you cleanse the uncovered
regions of your body
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 25 (Ordinary Time 30)
Date:
Monday, October 17, 2022