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Posted on February 27, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Wislawa Szymborska. In Praise of Self-Deprecation The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with. Scruples are alien to the black panther. Piranhas do not doubt the rightness of their actions. The rattlesnake approves of himself without… Continue Reading “In Praise of Self-Deprecation”
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Posted on February 26, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Anne Sexton. The Rowing Endeth I’m mooring my rowboat at the dock of the island called God. This dock is made in the shape of a fish and there are many boats moored at many… Continue Reading “The Rowing Endeth”
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Posted on February 25, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Denise Levertov. To Live in the Mercy of God To lie back under the tallest oldest trees. How far the stems rise, rise before ribs of shelter open! To live in the mercy of God.… Continue Reading “To Live in the Mercy of God”
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Posted on February 24, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Jessica Powers. Prayer Prayer is the trap-door out of sin. Prayer is a mystic entering in to secret places full of light. It is a passage through the night. Heaven is reached, the blessed say,… Continue Reading “Prayer”
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Posted on February 23, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Dennis O’Donnell What I Pray For Sacks of rocks I have gathered from the beach, some of which I used to toss my own I Ching, stones representing fire, water, wind, and the rest, some… Continue Reading “What I Pray For”
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Posted on February 22, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Mary Oliver, a favorite of many. The Uses of Sorrow Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. Source: “The… Continue Reading “The Uses of Sorrow”
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Posted on February 20, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Paul Laurence Dunbar. | We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth… Continue Reading “We Wear the Mask”
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Posted on February 19, 2013
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I am very fond of the poetry of Denise Levertov, and today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is one of hers. Beginners by Denise Levertov -Dedicated to the memory of Karen Silkwood and Eliot Gralla “From too much love of living, Hope and desire… Continue Reading “Beginners”
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Posted on February 18, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice, is by Scott Cairns. Your petitions—though they continue to bear just the one signature—have been duly recorded. Your anxieties—despite their constant, relatively narrow scope and inadvertent entertainment value—nonetheless serve to bring your person vividly to mind. Your… Continue Reading “Possible Answers to Prayer”
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Posted on February 17, 2013
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Today, on the First Sunday of Lent, our Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Joyce Rupp (whose books and poetry I have always enjoyed). Dear God, why do I keep fighting you off? One part of me wants you desparately, another part of… Continue Reading “Prayer of One Who Feels Lost”
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