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This resource relating to John 3:14-21 provides a poem by John of the Cross (1542-1591) highlighting how God's love shapes our souls and a poem by Dylan Thomas describing hope arriving in a hopeless place.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: John 3:14-21
CLASSIC POEM:
Living Flame of Love
St. John of the Cross
1. O living flame of love
That tenderly wounds my soul
In its deepest center! Since
Now you are not oppressive,
Now consummate! if it be your will:
Tear through the veil of this sweet encounter!
2. O sweet cautery,
O delightful wound!
O gentle hand! O delicate touch
That tastes of eternal life
And pays every debt!
In killing you changed death to life.
3. O lamps of fire!
in whose splendors
The deep caverns of feeling,
Once obscure and blind,
Now give forth, so rarely, so exquisitely,
Both warmth and light to their Beloved.
4. How gently and lovingly
You wake in my heart,
Where in secret you dwell alone;
And in your sweet breathing,
Filled with good and glory,
How tenderly You swell my heart with love.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Light Breaks
Where No Sun Shines
Dylan Thomas
SNIPPET:
Light breaks where no sun shines;
Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart
Push in their tides;
And, broken ghosts with glow-worms in their heads,
The things of light
File through the flesh where no flesh decks the bones.
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John 3:14-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Fourth Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, March 4, 2024