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This resource relating to Mark 16:1-8 provides poems by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552/1553-1599) and Malcolm Guite celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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*** Narrative Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Mark 16:1-8
CLASSIC POEM:
Easter
Edmund Spenser
MOST glorious Lord of Lyfe! that, on this day,
Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin;
And, having harrowd hell, didst bring away
Captivity thence captive, us to win:
This joyous day, deare Lord, with joy begin;
And grant that we, for whom thou diddest dye,
Being with Thy deare blood clene washt from sin,
May live for ever in felicity!
And that Thy love we weighing worthily,
May likewise love Thee for the same againe;
And for Thy sake, that all lyke deare didst buy,
With love may one another entertayne!
So let us love, deare Love, lyke as we ought,
—Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Easter 2020
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
And where is Jesus, this strange Easter day?
Not lost in our locked churches, anymore
Than he was sealed in that dark sepulchre.
The locks are loosed; the stone is rolled away,
And he is up and risen, long before,
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Mark 16:1-8
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Narrative lectionary week:
NL239 Resurrection
Date:
Monday, March 25, 2024