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This resource relating to Psalm 96 provides a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) highlighting the transformative power of song and a poem by Amanda Jernigan likening our life's work to a song.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13)
CLASSIC POEM:
The Gift to Sing
James Weldon Johnson
Sometimes the mist overhangs my path,
And blackening clouds about me cling;
But, oh, I have a magic way
To turn the gloom to cheerful day—
I softly sing.
And if the way grows darker still,
Shadowed by Sorrow’s somber wing,
With glad defiance in my throat,
I pierce the darkness with a note,
And sing, and sing.
I brood not over the broken past,
Nor dread whatever time may bring;
No nights are dark, no days are long,
While in my heart there swells a song,
And I can sing.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Adam’s Prayer
Amanda Jernigan
SNIPPET:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread:
you put this rather beautifully,
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Psalm 96
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 24 (Ordinary Time 29)
Date:
Monday, October 16, 2023