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This resource relating to John 17:6-19 provides a poem by Emily Dickinon (1830-1886) highlighting the telling of truth with care and a poem by Maya Angelou (1928-2014) highlighting the truth of humankind's power to create peace.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
John 17:6-19
CLASSIC POEM:
Tell All the Truth
Emily Dickinson
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
A Brave and Startling Truth
Maya Angelou
SNIPPET:
We, this people, on a small and lonely planet
Traveling through casual space
Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns
To a destination where all signs tell us
It is possible and imperative that we learn
A brave and startling truth
And when we come to it
To the day of peacemaking
When we release our fingers
From fists of hostility
And allow the pure air to cool our palms
…
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Key Scriptures:
John 17:6-19
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Seventh Sunday of Easter
Date:
Sunday, May 5, 2024