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This resource relating to Luke 24:13-35 provides a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) highlighting the spiritual journey with its' struggles and a poem by Drew Jackson highlighting the days immediately following a death.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Luke 24:13-35
CLASSIC POEM:
The Halfway House
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Love I was shewn upon the mountain-side
And bid to catch Him ere the dropp of day.
See, Love, I creep and Thou on wings dost ride:
Love it is evening now and Thou away;
Love, it grows darker here and Thou art above;
Love, come down to me if Thy name be Love.
My national old Egyptian reed gave way;
I took of vine a cross-barred rod or rood.
Then next I hungered: Love when here, they say,
Or once or never took love’s proper food;
But I must yield the chase, or rest and eat. –
Peace and food cheered me where four rough ways meet.
Hear yet my paradox: Love, when all is given,
To see Thee I must [see] Thee, to love, love;
I must o’ertake Thee at once and under heaven
If I shall overtake Thee at last above.
You have your wish; enter these walls, one said:
He is with you in the breaking of the bread.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Emmaus
Drew Jackson
SNIPPET:
…
There is a certain kind of hurt
that can only be comprehended
in the context of friendship,
over bread broken.
…
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Luke 24:13-35
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Year A Third Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, April 17, 2023