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This resource relating to Luke 6:27-38 provides a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) highlighting the theme of forgiveness and its impact on the forgiver and a poem by Joy Harjo contemplating what constitutes an enemy.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 6:27-38
CLASSIC POEM:
Forgiveness
John Greenleaf Whittier
My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong;
So, turning gloomily from my fellowmen,
One summer Sabbath day I strolled among
the green mounds of the village burial place;
Where, pondering how all human love and hate
Find one sad level; and how, soon or late,
Wronged and wrong-doer, each with meekened face,
And cold hands folded over a still heart,
Pass the green threshold of our common grave,
Whither all footsteps tend, whence none depart,
Awed for myself, and pitying my race,
Our common sorrow, like a mighty wave,
Swept all my pride away, and trembling I forgave!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
This Morning I Pray for My Enemies
Joy Harjo
SNIPPET:
And whom do I call my enemy?
An enemy must be worthy of engagement.
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Luke 6:27-38
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Date:
Tuesday, February 18, 2025