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This resource relating to Isaiah 53:4-12 provides a poem by Henry Vaughn highlighting deep anguish and longing for God's presence and a poem by Pablo Neruda highlighting the anguish of death.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Isaiah 53:4-12
CLASSIC POEM:
Anguish
Henry Vaughn
My God and King! to Thee
I bow my knee;
I bow my troubled soul, and greet
With my foul heart thy holy feet.
Cast it, or tread it! it shall do
Even what thou wilt, and praise thee too.
My God, could I weep blood,
Gladly I would,
Or if thou wilt give me that art,
Which through the eyes pours out the heart,
I will exhaust it all, and make
Myself all tears, a weeping lake.
O! ’tis an easy thing
To write and sing;
But to write true, unfeigned verse
Is very hard! O God, disperse
These weights, and give my spirit leave
To act as well as to conceive!
O my God, hear my cry;
Or let me die!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Anguish of Death
Pablo Neruda
SNIPPET:
In Cajamarca, the anguish of death began.
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The youthful Atahualpa, sky-blue stamen,
illustrious tree, listened to the wind
carry the faint murmur of steel.
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Isaiah 53:4-12
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Year B Proper 24 (Ordinary Time 29)