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This resource relating to Deuteronomy 26:1-11 provides a poem by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) highlighting themes of longing and disappointment and a poem by Linda Hogan highlighting the difficult and beautiful journey of life.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
When Israel out of Egypt Came
A.E. Housman
When Israel out of Egypt came
Safe in the sea they trod;
By day in cloud, by night in flame,
Went on before them God.
He brought them with a stretched out hand
Dry-footed through the foam,
Past sword and famine, rock and sand,
Lust and rebellion, home.
I never over Horeb heard
The blast of advent blow;
No fire-faced prophet brought me word
Which way behoved me go.
Ascended is the cloudy flame,
The mount of thunder dumb;
The tokens that to Israel came,
To me they have not come.
I see the country far away
Where I shall never stand;
The heart goes where no footstep may
Into the promised land.
The realm I look upon and die
Another man will own;
He shall attain the heaven that I
Perish and have not known.
But I will go where they are hid
That never were begot,
To my inheritance amid
The nation that is not.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Way In
Linda Hogan
SNIPPET:
Sometimes the way to milk and honey is through the body.
Sometimes the way in is a song.
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Deuteronomy 26:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C First Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, March 3, 2025