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This resource relating to Exodus 34:29-35 provides a poem by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) highlighting the glory of nature and a poem by Raymond Foss highlighting the removal of the veil between God and humanity.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Exodus 34:29-35
CLASSIC POEM:
“Ode on Intimations of Immortality”
(Excerpt)
William Wordsworth
Then, sing, ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song!
And let the young lambs bound
As to the tabor’s sound!
We, in thought, will join your throng,
Ye that pipe and ye that play,
Ye that through your hearts to-day
Feel the gladness of the May!
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Veil Taken Away
Raymond Foss
SNIPPET:
Moses’ veil,
separation from the people
Law given by his messenger
singular go-between
between God and man
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Key Scriptures:
Exodus 34:29-35
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Year C Transfiguration Sunday