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This resource relating to Mark 2:23-3:6 provides a poem by Amos Russel Wells (1862-1933) seeking God's cure for sinfulness and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting the gifts of blessing and rest.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Mark 2:23-3:6
CLASSIC POEM:
The Physician
Amos Russel Wells
Thou whose healing reaches far
Where the seeds of evil are,
Probe the source of my distress,
Every secret sinfulness.
Thou whose eye discovers keen
Both the hidden and the seen,
Use Thy knife, if so Thou wilt,
Where I think me free from guilt.
Thou whose mind is wise to see
What has been and what will be,
Though no present ill I know,
Save me from the coming woe.
Human sages ply their art.
Curing fever, chill, and smart;
Thou, O Christ, my health shalt be
Now, and through eternity.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Blessing and Rest
Malcolm Guite
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Blessing and rest, delight in everything
Sustained by your strong love and richly blest,
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Key Scriptures:
Mark 2:23-28, 3:1-6
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Ninth Sunday after the Epiphany
Date:
Tuesday, May 28, 2024