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This resource relating to Jeremiah 1:4-10 provides a poem by John Henry Newman (1801-1890) highlighting the calling of Jeremiah and a poem by Wendell Berry highlighting the inspiration that results from silence.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Jeremiah 1: 4-10
CLASSIC POEM:
Jeremiah
John Henry Newman
Woe’s me! the peaceful prophet cried,
Spare me this troubled life;
To stem man’s wrath, to school his pride,
To head the sacred strife!
O place me in some silent vale,
Where groves and flowers abound;
Nor eyes that grudge, nor tongues that rail,
Vex the truth-haunted ground!”
If his meek spirit err’d, opprest,
That God denied repose,
What sin is ours, to whom Heaven’s rest
Is pledged, to heal earth’s woes?
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
How to Be a Poet
Wendell Berry
SNIPPET:
Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet.
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Jeremiah 1:4-10
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 16 (Ordinary Time 21)
Date:
Monday, August 15, 2022