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This resource relating to Psalm 119:1-8 provides a poem by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) highlighting the importance of a pure heart and a poem by Mari Evans (1919-2017) highlighting the value of wholehearted devotion.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 119:1-8
CLASSIC POEM:
Blest are the undefiled in heart
Isaac Watts
Blest are the undefiled in heart,
whose ways are right and clean;
who never from your law depart,
but flee from every sin.
Blest are the ones that keep your word,
and serve you with their hands;
with their whole heart they seek you, Lord,
obeying your commands.
Great is their peace who love your law;
how firm their souls abide!
Nor can a bold temptation draw
their steady feet aside.
Then shall my heart have inward joy!
I’ll keep my steps from shame;
your statutes help me to obey,
and glorify your name.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Celebration
Mari Evans
SNIPPET:
I will bring you a whole person
and you will bring me a whole person
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Celebration_Poetry Reading with Mari Evans from Gregory C. Ellison II, Ph.D. on Vimeo.
[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Psalm 119:1-8
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Date:
Monday, February 6, 2023