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This resource relating to Psalm 50:1-6 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) highlighting the relationship between beauty and truth and a poem by Langston Hughes (1901-1967) highlighting the beauty and diversity of the black community.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Psalm 50:1-6
CLASSIC POEM:
I Died for Beauty,
But Was Scarce
Emily Dickinson
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?
“For beauty,” I replied.
“And I for truth,–the two are one;
We brethren are,” he said.
And so, as kinsmen met a night,
We talked between the rooms.
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
My People
Langston Hughes
SNIPPET:
The night is beautiful,
So the faces of my people.
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Psalm 50:1-6
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Second Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, February 5, 2024