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This resource relating to Job 38:1-11 provides a poem by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) highlighting gratitude for the gift of art and a poem by Stephen Mitchell highlighting God's response to Job from the whirlwind.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Job 38:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
The Promise of
the Morning Star
Amy Lowell
Thou father of the children of my brain
By thee engendered in my willing heart,
How can I thank thee for this gift of art
Poured out so lavishly, and not in vain.
What thou created never more can die,
Thy fructifying power lives in me
And I conceive, knowing it is by thee,
Dear other parent of my poetry!
For I was but a shadow with a name,
Perhaps by now the very name’s forgot;
So strange is Fate that it has been my lot
To learn through thee the presence of that aim
Which evermore must guide me. All unknown,
By me unguessed, by thee not even dreamed,
A tree has blossomed in a night that seemed
Of stubborn, barren wood. For thou hast sown
This seed of beauty in a ground of truth.
Humbly I dedicate myself, and yet
I tremble with a sudden fear to set
New music ringing through my fading youth.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Job: The Voice
from the Whirlwind
Stephen Mitchell
SNIPPET:
Who is this whose ignorant words
smear my design with darkness?
Stand up now like a man;
I will question you: please, instruct me.
Where were you when I planned the earth?
Tell me, if you are so wise.
Do you know who took its dimensions,
measuring its length with a cord?
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 7 (Ordinary Time 12)
Date:
Monday, June 17, 2024