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This resource relating to John 13:31-35 provides a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) highlighting themes of love, compassion, and kindness, and a poem and song by Peter Scholtes (1938-2009) highlighting the concept of loving others.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
John 13:31-35
CLASSIC POEM:
The New Commandment
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I heard a strange voice in the distance calling
As from a star an echo might be falling.
It spoke four syllables, concise and brief,
Charged with a God-sent message of relief:
Let go the cross! Oh, you who cling to sorrow,
Hark to the new command and comfort borrow.
Even as the Master left His cross below
And rose to Paradise, let go, let go.
Forget your wrongs, your troubles and your losses,
For with the tools of thought we build our crosses.
Forget your griefs, all grudges and all fear
And enter Paradise–its gates are near.
Heaven is a realm by loving souls created,
And hell was fashioned by the hearts that hated.
Love, hope and trust; believe all joys are yours,
Life pays the soul whose confidence endures,
The blows of adverse fate, by larger pleasures,
As after storms the soil yields fuller measures.
Let go the cross; roll self–the stone–away
And dwell with Love in Paradise to-day.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
They’ll Know We are Christians
Peter Scholtes
SNIPPET:
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.
And we pray that all unity, may one day be restored.
And they’ll know we are Christians,
By our love, by our love.
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
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John 13:31-35
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Year C Fifth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Tuesday, May 10, 2022