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This resource relating to Matthew 25:1-13 provides a poem by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) highlighting the human pursuit of light and a poem by Joshua Edwards highlighting how friendship in the face of adversity inspires hope.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Matthew 25:1-13
CLASSIC POEM:
The Lamp of Life
Amy Lowell
Always we are following a light,
Always the light recedes; with groping hands
We stretch toward this glory, while the lands
We journey through are hidden from our sight
Dim and mysterious, folded deep in night,
We care not, all our utmost need demands
Is but the light, the light! So still it stands
Surely our own if we exert our might.
Fool! Never can’st thou grasp this fleeting gleam,
Its glowing flame would die if it were caught,
Its value is that it doth always seem
But just a little farther on. Distraught,
But lighted ever onward, we are brought
Upon our way unknowing, in a dream.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Lamp of Mutual Aid
Joshua Edwards
SNIPPET:
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I’d think of Alfred Espinas:
“We do not get together to die,
but to live and to improve life.”
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 27 (Ordinary Time 32)
Date:
Monday, November 6, 2023