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This resource relating to Luke 5:1-11 provides a poem by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) highlighting a fish's futile attempts at escaping capture and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting the calling of the disciples.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 5:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
The Fish
William Butler Yeats
Although you hide in the ebb and flow
Of the pale tide when the moon has set,
The people of coming days will know
About the casting out of my net,
And how you have leaped times out of mind
Over the little silver cords,
And think that you were hard and unkind,
And blame you with many bitter words.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Call of the Disciples
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
He calls us all to step aboard his ship,
Take the adventure on this morning’s wing,
Raise sail with him, launch out into the deep,
Whatever storms or floods are threatening.
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Luke 5:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Date:
Wednesday, February 5, 2025