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This resource relating to Psalm 69:7-18 provides a poem by Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911) highlighting a yearning for light in the face of death.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 69:7-18
CLASSIC POEM:
Let the Light Enter
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Dying Words of Goethe
“Light! more light! the shadows deepen,
And my life is ebbing low,
Throw the windows widely open:
Light! more light! before I go.
“Softly let the balmy sunshine
Play around my dying bed,
E’er the dimly lighted valley
I with lonely feet must tread.
“Light! more light! for Death is weaving
Shadows ‘round my waning sight,
And I fain would gaze upon him
Through a stream of earthly light.”
Not for greater gifts of genius;
Not for thoughts more grandly bright,
All the dying poet whispers
Is a prayer for light, more light.
Heeds he not the gathered laurels,
Fading slowly from his sight;
All the poet’s aspirations
Centre in that prayer for light.
Gracious Saviour, when life’s day-dreams
Melt and vanish from the sight,
May our dim and longing vision
Then be blessed with light, more light.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Deliverance
Jericho Brown
SNIPPET:
…
We few left who listen to the radio leave
Ourselves available to surprise. We pray
Unaware of prayer…
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Psalm 69:7-18
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 7 (Ordinary Time 12)
Date:
Monday, June 19, 2023