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This resource relating to Isaiah 55:1-5 provides a poem by John Donne (1572-11631) highlighting devotion to God and a poem by Lois Red Elk highlighting a dry land crying out in thirst.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Isaiah 55:1-5
CLASSIC POEM:
Since she whom I lov’d hath paid her last debt (Holy Sonnets)
John Donne
Since she whom I lov’d hath paid her last debt
To nature, and to hers, and my good is dead,
And her soul early into heaven ravished,
Wholly in heavenly things my mind is set.
Here the admiring her my mind did whet
To seek thee, God; so streams do show the head;
But though I have found thee, and thou my thirst hast fed,
A holy thirsty dropsy melts me yet.
But why should I beg more love, whenas thou
Dost woo my soul, for hers off’ring all thine,
And dost not only fear lest I allow
My love to saints and angels, things divine,
But in thy tender jealousy dost doubt
Lest the world, flesh, yea devil put thee out.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
All Thirst Quenched
Lois Red Elk
Snippet:
I didn’t want to scold the sky that year, but
Grandma’s words taunted my senses. If there
is a thirst, then you need to pity the flowers
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Isaiah 55:1-5
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 13 (Ordinary Time 18)
Date:
Monday, July 31, 2023