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A Poem to Sit With
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Year B
March 10, 2024
J. Janda
Reading I: Isaiah 5:1-7
Responsorial Psalm 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20
Reading II: Philippians 4:6-9
Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43


God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
(Gospel)                


Covenant

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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