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This resource relating to 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 provides a poem by Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) calling for a renewed sense of compassion for humanity and a poem by Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) highlighting remaining true to one's calling.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
St. Francis of Assisi
Vachel Lindsay
Would I might wake St. Francis in you all,
Brother of birds and trees, God’s Troubadour,
Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;
Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men,
Come, let us chant the canticle again
Of mother earth and the enduring sun.
God make each soul the lonely leper’s slave;
God make us saints, and brave.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Now, As You Awaken
Mahmoud Darwish
SNIPPET:
Now, as you awaken, remember the swan’s
last dance. Did you dance with young angels
while you were dreaming?
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 28 (Ordinary Time 33)
Date:
Monday, November 13, 2023