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This resource relating to Exodus 16:2-15 provides a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633) exploring the nature and power of prayer and a poem by Luci Shaw exploring themes of God's provision and sustenance.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Exodus 16:2-15
CLASSIC POEM:
Prayer (I)
George Herbert
Prayer the church’s banquet, angel’s age,
God’s breath in man returning to his birth,
The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth
Engine against th’ Almighty, sinner’s tow’r,
Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear,
The six-days world transposing in an hour,
A kind of tune, which all things hear and fear;
Softness, and peace, and joy, and love, and bliss,
Exalted manna, gladness of the best,
Heaven in ordinary, man well drest,
The milky way, the bird of Paradise,
Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul’s blood,
The land of spices; something understood.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Manna
Luci Shaw
SNIPPET:
… Rather, I will commit myself
to this quotidian wilderness, watching for what
the wind may bring me next—
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Key Scriptures:
Exodus 16:2-15
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 20 (Ordinary Time 25)
Date:
Monday, September 18, 2023