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This resource relating to Matthew 4:1-11 provides a poem by Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) highlighting the desire for a meaningful religious experience and a poem by Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) expressing the desire to be freed from torment.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
At Mass
Vachel Lindsay
Found in:
General William Booth enters
into Heaven and other Poems
(Available as a FREE ebook
from Project Gutenberg)
No doubt to-morrow I will hide
My face from you, my King.
Let me rejoice this Sunday noon,
And kneel while gray priests sing.
It is not wisdom to forget.
But since it is my fate
Fill thou my soul with hidden wine
To make this white hour great.
My God, my God, this marvelous hour
I am your son I know.
Once in a thousand days your voice
Has laid temptation low.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Temptation
Czeslaw Milosz
SNIPPET:
Under a starry sky I was taking a walk,
On a ridge overlooking neon cities,
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Matthew 4:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A First Sunday in Lent
Date:
Monday, February 20, 2023