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This resource relating to 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 provides a poem by John Sheffield (1648-1721) highlighting the importance of forgiveness in love and a poem by Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer highlighting the ultimate victory in overcoming evil.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
CLASSIC POEM:
The Reconciliation
John Sheffield
COME, let us now resolve at last
To live and love in quiet;
We’ll tie the knot so very fast
That Time shall ne’er untie it.
The truest joys they seldom prove
Who free from quarrels live:
‘Tis the most tender part of love
Each other to forgive.
When least I seem’d concern’d, I took
No pleasure nor no rest;
And when I feign’d an angry look,
Alas! I loved you best.
Own but the same to me—you’ll find
How blest will be our fate.
O to be happy—to be kind—
Sure never is too late!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Ambassador of the Interior
Has a Talking to With the Minister
of the Cabinet of Vengeance
Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer
SNIPPET:
God started small At the first showdown
between good and evil God didn’t come at anyone
like a cowboy God didn’t open with solar flares
or asteroids or mass extinction or planetary heat death
…
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Fourth Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, March 24, 2025