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A Poem to Sit With
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
October 30, 2022
J. Janda
Reading I: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Responsorial Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
Reading II: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14


The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds;
it does not rest till it reaches its goal,
nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds
(First Reading)

Christ Our Earth

Not to know
or
to forget that

my deepest desire
is
to do God’s will

that I am
rooted
in Christ

is blindness—

to deny that my deepest
desire
is to do God’s will

to deny that I
am
rooted in Christ

is a lie—
delusion

is darkness
is belief in nothing
is death

He came that
we
might have life

and have it
more
abundantly


J. Janda

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J. Janda’s poems have appeared in newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and literary publications, as well as in books of his own poetry.
Copyright © 2000, J. Janda
The present poem comes from the Janda's book, In Embrace.
Art by Martin Erspamer, OSB
from Religious Clip Art for the Liturgical Year (A, B, and C). This art may be reproduced only by parishes who purchase the collection in book or CD-ROM form. For more information go http://www.ltp.org
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