First Presbyterian Church - Lafayette, Louisiana January 15, 2012 - Epiphany (2B) 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 John 1:43-51 “What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.” “I take thee at thy word. Call me but love, and I'll be new baptiz'd; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.” So goes the impassioned plea of Juliet into the darkness of night where it finds the response of Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) . Their agreement seals their fate as “star cross’d lovers” with a tragic end - to the shock and delight of audiences young and old for more than four hundred years and counting! In this brief moment - through the risk of their conversation - they reflect the reality of the fact that we ...
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