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This resource relating to Jeremiah 15:15-21 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) highlighting the constant existence of pain and a poem by Maya Angelou (1928-2016) highlighting loneliness and the need for connection.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Jeremiah 15:15-21
CLASSIC POEM:
Pain Has An Element of Blank
Emily Dickinson
Pain has an element of blank;
It cannot recollect
When it began, or if there were
A day when it was not.
It has no future but itself,
Its infinite realms contain
Its past, enlightened to perceive
New periods of pain
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Alone
Maya Angelou
SNIPPET:
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don’t believe I’m wrong
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Key Scriptures:
Jeremiah 15:15-21
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 17 (Ordinary Time 22)
Date:
Monday, August 28, 2023