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This resource relating to Matthew 25:1-13 provides a poem by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) highlighting the pursuit of light and a poem by Joshua Edwards exploring the nature of work and communal living.
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*** Narrative Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Matthew 25:1-13
CLASSIC POEM:
The Lamp of Life
Amy Lowell
Always we are following a light,
Always the light recedes; with groping hands
We stretch toward this glory, while the lands
We journey through are hidden from our sight
Dim and mysterious, folded deep in night,
We care not, all our utmost need demands
Is but the light, the light! So still it stands
Surely our own if we exert our might.
Fool! Never can’st thou grasp this fleeting gleam,
Its glowing flame would die if it were caught,
Its value is that it doth always seem
But just a little farther on. Distraught,
But lighted ever onward, we are brought
Upon our way unknowing, in a dream.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Lamp of Mutual Aid
Joshua Edwards
SNIPPET:
…
Our landlords were thieves and
our bosses were pessimists, yet
we dreamed
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Matthew 25:1-13
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Narrative lectionary week:
NL134 Bridesmaids (or Talents)
Date:
Monday, March 13, 2023