Sabbath Bells

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This resource relating to Luke 13:10-17 provides a poem by George MacDonald (1824-1905) celebrating the Sabbath as a time of rest and renewal and a poem by Kathy Coffey highlighting Jesus' healing of the crippled woman.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Luke 13:10-17 CLASSIC POEM: Sabbath Bells George MacDonald Oh holy Sabbath bells, Ye have a pleasant voice! Through all the land your music swells, And man with one commandment tells To rest and to rejoice. As birds rejoice to flee From dark and stormy skies To brighter lands beyond the sea Where skies are calm, and wings are free To wander and to rise; As thirsty travellers sing, Through desert paths that pass, To hear the welcome waters spring, And see, beyond the spray they fling Tall trees and waving grass; So we rejoice to know Your melody begun; For when our paths are parched below Ye tell us where green pastures glow And living waters run. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Of Spines and Spirits Kathy Coffey SNIPPET: Bending double could impair perspective: sky’s plume or star’s leap could buckle. … [ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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George MacDonald
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Kathy Coffey
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Luke 13:10-17
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Year C Proper 16 (Ordinary Time 21)
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Monday, August 15, 2022