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This resource relating to Psalm 121 provides a poem by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) highlighting the search for strength and a poem by Susan Howe highlighting the power of silence and the limitations of language.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 121
CLASSIC POEM:
The Hills
D.H. Lawrence
I lift mine eyes unto the hills
and there they are, but no strength comes from
them to me.
Only from darkness
and ceasing to see
strength comes.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Silence Wager Stories
Susan Howe
Found in:
The Nonconformist’s Memorial
SNIPPET:
Lies are stirring storms
I listen spheres from far
Whereunder shoreward away
you walked here Protector
unassuaged asunder thought
you walked here Overshadow
I listen spheres of stars
I draw you close ever so
Communion come down and down
Quiet place to stop here
Who knows ever no one knows
to know unlove no forgive
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Psalm 121
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Second Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, February 27, 2023