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This resource relating to Mark 4:35-41 provides a poem by Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) highlighting the power of the wind and a poem by Mary Oliver (1935-2019) highlighting the wonder that followed Jesus' calming of the storm.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Mark 4:35-41
CLASSIC POEM:
Wind
Gwendolyn Bennett
The wind was a care-free soul
That broke the chains of earth,
And strode for a moment across the land
With the wild halloo of his mirth.
He little cared that he ripped up trees,
That houses fell at his hand,
That his step broke calm on the breast of seas,
That his feet stirred clouds of sand.
But when he had had his little joke,
Had shouted and laughed and sung,
When the trees were scarred, their branches broke,
And their foliage aching hung,
He crept to his cave with a stealthy tread,
With rain-filled eyes and low-bowed head.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Maybe
Mary Oliver
SNIPPET:
Sweet Jesus, talking
his melancholy madness,
stood up in the boat
and the sea lay down,
silky and sorry,
So everybody was saved
that night.
But you know how it is…
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Mark 4:35-41
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 7 (Ordinary Time 12)
Date:
Monday, June 17, 2024