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This resource relating to 1 Samuel 1:4-20, 2:1-10 provides a poem by Geraldiine Plunket Dillon portraying the divine touch of an angel and a poem by Mary Ruefle highlighting the theme of incarnation.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
1 Samuel 1:4-20 and 1 Samuel 2:1-10
CLASSIC POEM:
Magnificat
Geraldine Plunket Dillon
A fold of Heaven’s curtain swung aside
Splitting the blackness of the winter’s night,
Blown by the breath of God it opens wide;
I saw the holy ones in companies
Led by archangels armoured for the fight;
I heard the shrill eternal symphonies.
I did not thrust my sorrow-twisted face.
Amongst the splendours of the heavenly town
Nor walk misshapen with the forms of grace
Girded for battle in celestial wars;
And yet, my God, an angel has come down
And crowned me with the glory of the stars.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Magnificat
Mary Ruefle
O Lord, I did walk upon the earth
and my footprints did keep pace with the rain
and I did note, I did note where orange birds
flew up from the puddles thou hast made
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1 Samuel 1:4-20, 2:1-10
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 28 (Ordinary Time 33)