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This resource relating to 1 Timothy 2:1-7 provides a poem and hymn by William Cowper (1731-1800) expressing gratitude and love for God and a poem by Suji Kwock Kim highlighting themes of perspective and unity.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
1 Timothy 2:1-7
CLASSIC POEM:
Gratitude and Love to God
William Cowper
All are indebted much to thee,
But I far more than all,
From many a deadly snare set free,
And raised from many a fall.
Overwhelm me, from above,
Daily, with thy boundless love.
What bonds of gratitude I feel
No language can declare;
Beneath the oppressive weight I reel,
‘Tis more than I can bear:
When shall I that blessing prove,
To return thee love for love?
Spirit of charity, dispense
Thy grace to every heart;
Expel all other spirits thence,
Drive self from every part;
Charity divine, draw nigh,
Break the chains in which we lie!
All selfish souls, whate’er they feign,
Have still a slavish lot;
They boast of liberty in vain,
Of love, and feel it not.
He whose bosom glows with thee,
He, and he alone, is free.
Oh blessedness, all bliss above,
When thy pure fires prevail!
Love only teaches what is love:
All other lessons fail:
We learn its name, but not its powers,
Experience only makes it ours.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Slant
Suji Kwock Kim
SNIPPET:
If the angle of an eye is all,
the slant of hope, the slant of dreaming, according to each life,
what is the light of this city,
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1 Timothy 2:1-7
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 20 (Ordinary Time 25)
Date:
Monday, September 12, 2022