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This resource relating to Luke 15:1-10 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) acknowledging sinfulness and a desire for redemption and a poem by James Janda (1936-2010) highlighting God's empowering to love and forgive.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 15:1-10
CLASSIC POEM:
The Sinner
George Herbert
Lord, how I am all ague, when I seek
What I have treasured in my memorie!
Since, if my soul make even with the week,
Each seventh note by right is due to thee.
I finde there quarries of pil’d vanities,
But shreds of holinesse, that dare not venture
To shew their face, since cross to thy decrees:
There the circumference earth is, heav’n the centre.
In so much dregs the quintessence is small:
The spirit and good extract of my heart
Comes to about the many hundreth part.
Yet, Lord, restore thine image, heare my call:
And though my hard heart scarce to thee can grone,
Remember that thou once didst write in stone.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Covenant
J. Janda
SNIPPET:
My child
I know
it is
difficult
to love
…
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 15:1-10
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 19 (Ordinary Time 24)
Date:
Tuesday, September 6, 2022