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This resource relating to 1 John 5:9-13 provides a poem by William Blake (1757-1827) contrasting the holding and releasing of joy and a poem by Ya'akov Hakohen highlighting the protection and opening of the heart.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
1 John 5:9-13
CLASSIC POEM:
Eternity
William Blake
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy
He who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Prayers for the Protection
and Opening of the Heart
Ya’akov Hakohen
SNIPPET:
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I-am is the power of your Name in concealment,
and one who knows its mystery dwells in eternity’s instant.
Over the world, it pours forth abundance and favor,
and on it all worlds hang, like grapes in a cluster.
Send the dew of blessing, the dew of grace;
renew my dispensation, and grant me length of days.
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1 John 5:9-13
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Year B Seventh Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 6, 2024