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A Poem to Sit With
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
November 6, 2022
J. Janda
Reading I: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14
Responsorial Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
Reading II: 2 Thessalonians 2:6-3:5
Gospel: Luke 20:27-38


“Those who are deemed worthy to attain
the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die, for they are like angels. ..."
(Gospel)

My child

I know
it is
difficult
to love

I know
it is
difficult

to forgive

I know
it is
difficult

to suffer

but look
I am
taking
away
your heart

and in
its
place

I am
putting
my heart

now I will
be
suffering

now I will
be
forgiving

now I will
be loving

in you
my heart is
beating in you


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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