[Sundaycommunity] The Parable of the Sower: Today’s Gospel

[H. Burns]

Thank you so very much.  This is truly moving.

Hope all is well and that you are enjoying the summer.

Blessings,
Helena

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 16, 2023, at 5:58 AM, Sheila Barrett via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
> 
> Dear Sunday Community,
> Just wanted to share with you all this poem by Malcolm Guite… The Sower.
> 
> I love your simple story of the sower
> With all its close attention to the soil,
> It’s movement from the knowledge to the knower,
> It’s take on the tenacity of toil.
> 
> I feel the fall of seed a sower scatters
> So equally available to all,
> Your story takes me straight to all that matters
> Yet understands the reasons why I fall.
> 
> Oh deepen me where I am thin and shallow
> Uproot in me the thistle and the thorn,
> Keep far from me that swiftly snatching shadow
> That seizes on your seed to mock and scorn.
> 
> Oh break me open, Jesus, set me free,
> Then find and keep your own good ground in me.
> 
> You are all in our thoughts. We look forward to seeing you next week. Happy Sunday whatever you’re doing,
> Sheila and Rob 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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