The Gift of Tongues

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This resource relating to Acts 10:44-48 provides a poem by John Henry Newman (1801-1890) highlighting the gift of tongues and a poem by Hieu Minh Nguyen highlighting the immediacy of a baptism.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Acts 10:44-48 CLASSIC POEM: The Gift of Tongues John Henry Newman ONCE cast with men of language strange And foreign-moulded creed, I mark’d their random converse change, And sacred themes succeed. Oh, how I coveted the gift To thread their mingled throng Of sounds, then high my witness lift But weakness chain’d my tongue. Lord! has our dearth of faith and prayer Lost us this power once given Or is it sent at seasons rare And then flits back to heaven? *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Baptism Hieu Minh Nguyen Snippet: Convinced she’s in hell my mother wakes me & begs to be taken to the lake. Wailing in prayer on the kitchen floor [ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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John Henry Newman
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Hieu Minh Nguyen
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Acts 10:44-48
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Year B Sixth Sunday of Easter
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Monday, April 29, 2024