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This resource relating to Mark 1:4-11 provides a poem by John Donne (1572-1631) highlighting a cleansing by God's Holy Spirit and a poem by Barbara Crooker contemplating the nature of the Holy Spirit as a dove.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Mark 1:4-11
CLASSIC POEM:
The Holy Ghost
John Donne
O Holy Ghost, whose temple I
Am, but of mud walls, and condensèd dust,
And being sacrilegiously
Half wasted with youth’s fires, of pride and lust,
Must with new storms be weather-beat;
Double in my heart Thy flame,
Which let devout sad tears intend; and let
(Though this glass lanthorn, flesh, do suffer maim)
Fire, Sacrifice, Priest, Altar be the same.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Sanctus
Barbara Crooker
SNIPPET:
…
In paintings,
the Holy Ghost usually takes the form of a stylized
dove, its whiteness a blaze of purity. But what if
it’s really a mourning dove, ordinary as daylight
in its old coat, nothing you’d ever notice.
…
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Mark 1:4-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Baptism of the Lord
Date:
Tuesday, January 2, 2024