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This resource relating to Luke 12:13-21 provides a poem by Solon (c. 630 - c. 530BC) highlighting the choosing of virtue over wealth and a poem by Philip Schultz highlighting themes of inequality and discontentment.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 12:13-21
CLASSIC POEM:
The man whose riches satisfy his greed
Solon
The man whose riches satisfy his greed
Is not more rich for all those heaps and hoards
Than some poor man who has enough to feed
And clothe his corpse with such as God affords.
I have no use for men who steal and cheat;
The fruit of evil poisons those who eat.
Some wicked men are rich, some good men poor,
But I would rather trust in what’s secure;
Our virtue sticks with us and makes us strong,
But money changes owners all day long.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Greed
Philip Schultz
SNIPPET:
My ocean town struggles
to pick up leaves,
offer summer school,
and keep our library open.
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 12:13-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 13 (Ordinary Time 18)
Date:
Tuesday, July 26, 2022