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This resource relating to Psalm 93 and Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 provides a poem by George MacDonald highlighting God's plan and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting Christ as King.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and Psalm 93
CLASSIC POEM:
That Holy Thing
George MacDonald
They all were looking for a king
To slay their foes, and lift them high:
Thou cam’st a little baby thing
That made a woman cry.
O son of man, to right my lot
Nought but thy presence can avail;
Yet on the road thy wheels are not,
Nor on the sea thy sail!
My fancied ways why shouldst thou heed?
Thou com’st down thine own secret stair:
Com’st down to answer all my need,
Yea, every bygone prayer!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Christ the King
Malcom Guite
SNIPPET:
Our King is calling from the hungry furrows
Whilst we are cruising through the aisles of plenty,
Our hoardings screen us from the man of sorrows,
Our soundtracks drown his murmur: ‘I am thirsty’.
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Psalm 93; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Reign of Christ Proper 29 (Ordinary Time 34)