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This resource relating to Galatians 3:23-29 provides a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) likening Abraham Lincoln to the biblical Abraham and a poem by Maya Angelou (1928-2014) depicting freedom and oppression with a caged bird.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Galatians 3:23-29
CLASSIC POEM:
Father, Father Abraham
James Weldon Johnson
Father, Father Abraham,
To-day look on us from above;
On us, the offspring of thy faith,
The children of thy Christ-like love.
For that which we have humbly wrought,
Give us to-day thy kindly smile;
Wherein we’ve failed or fallen short,
Bear with us, Father, yet awhile.
Father, Father Abraham,
To-day we lift our hearts to thee,
Filled with the thought of what great price
Was paid, that we might ransomed be.
To-day we consecrate ourselves
Anew in hand and heart and brain,
To send this judgment down the years:
The ransom was not paid in vain.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Caged Bird
Maya Angelou
SNIPPET:
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Galatians 3:23-29
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 7 (Ordinary Time 12)
Date:
Monday, June 13, 2022