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This resource relating to Psalm 16 provides a poem by James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) highlighting thankfulness and a poem by Malcolm Guite seeking God's protection and guidance.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 16
CLASSIC POEM:
Thanksgiving
James Whitcomb Riley
Let us be thankful—not only because
Since last our universal thanks were told
We have grown greater in the world’s applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old—
But thankful for all things that come as alms
From out the open hand of Providence:—
The winter clouds and storms—the summer calms—
The sleepless dread—the drowse of indolence.
Let us be thankful—thankful for the prayers
Whose gracious answers were long, long delayed,
That they might fall upon us unawares,
And bless us, as in greater need we prayed.
Let us be thankful for the loyal hand
That love held out in welcome to our own,
When love and only love could understand
The need of touches we had never known.
Let us be thankful for the longing eyes
That gave their secret to us as they wept,
Yet in return found, with a sweet surprise,
Love’s touch upon their lids, and, smiling, slept.
And let us, too, be thankful that the tears
Of sorrow have not all been drained away,
That through them still, for all the coming years,
We may look on the dead face of To-day.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Conserva Me, Domine
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Then help me, step by step, my guide and friend.
Preserve me O my God in whom I trust.
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Psalm 16
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Year A Second Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2023