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This resource relating to Psalm 130 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) comparing hope to a bird and a poem by Miller Williams (1830-2015) that seeks to remember the past while hoping for the future.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Psalm 130
CLASSIC POEM:
“Hope” is the Thing
With Feathers
Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Of History and Hope
Miller Williams
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But how do we fashion the future? Who can say how
except in the minds of those who will call it Now?
The children. The children. And how does our garden grow?
With waving hands—oh, rarely in a row—
and flowering faces. And brambles, that we can no longer allow.
…
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Psalm 130
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Proper 5 (Ordinary Time 10)
Date:
Tuesday, June 4, 2024