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This resource relating to Ephesians 1:15-23 provides a poem by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) highlighting the passing of saints and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting the seeing of God in everyday people.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23
CLASSIC POEM:
Saints
William Wordsworth
Ye, too, must fly before a chasing hand,
Angels and Saints, in every hamlet mourned!
Ah! if the old idolatry be spurned,
Let not your radiant Shapes desert the Land:
Her adoration was not your demand,
The fond heart proffered it—the servile heart;
And therefore are ye summoned to depart,
Michael, and thou, St George, whose flaming brand
The Dragon quelled; and valiant Margaret
Whose rival sword a like Opponent slew:
And rapt Cecilia, seraph-haunted Queen
Of harmony; and weeping Magdalene,
Who in the penitential desert met
Gales sweet as those that over Eden blew!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Ordinary Saints
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
The ordinary saints, the ones we know,
Our too-familiar family and friends,
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Ephesians 1:15-23
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Reign of Christ Proper 29 (Ordinary Time 34)
Date:
Monday, November 20, 2023