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This resource relating to John 12:20-33 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) exploring the fear of death and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting how true life comes from embracing death.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: John 12:20-33
CLASSIC POEM:
Afraid? (XXIV)
Emily Dickinson
Afraid? Of whom am I afraid?
Not death; for who is he?
The porter of my father’s lodge
As much abasheth me.
Of life? ‘T were odd I fear a thing
That comprehendeth me
In one or more existences
At Deity’s decree.
Of resurrection? Is the east
Afraid to trust the morn
With her fastidious forehead?
As soon impeach my crown!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
‘Unless a grain of wheat
falls into the ground and dies…’
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Oh let me fall as grain to the good earth
And die away from all dry separation,
Die to my sole self, and find new birth
Within that very death, a dark fruition,
…
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John 12:20-33
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Monday, March 11, 2024