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This resource relating to John 10:1-10 provides a poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963) highlighting the desire for peace and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting the safety Jesus provides as the door of the sheepfold.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: John 10:1-10
CLASSIC POEM:
The Peaceful Shepherd
Robert Frost
If heaven were to do again,
And on the pasture bars,
I leaned to line the figures in
Between the dotted stars,
I should be tempted to forget,
I fear, the Crown of Rule,
The Scales of Trade, the Cross of Faith,
As hardly worth renewal.
For these have governed in our lives,
And see how men have warred.
The Cross, the Crown, the Scales may all
As well have been the Sword.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
I Am the Door of the Sheepfold
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Not one that’s gently hinged or deftly hung,
Not like the ones you planed at Joseph’s place,
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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John 10:1-10
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Year A Fourth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, April 24, 2023