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This resource relating to Genesis 18:1-10 provides a poem by William Blake (1757-1827) highlighting themes of poverty and charity and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting the various ways God sends us messages.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Genesis 18: 1-10a
CLASSIC POEM:
‘Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean
William Blake
Twas on a Holy Thursday their innocent faces clean
The children walking two & two in red & blue & green
Grey-headed beadles walkd before with wands as white as snow,
Till into the high dome of Pauls they like Thames waters flow
O what a multitude they seemd these flowers of London town
Seated in companies they sit with radiance all their own
The hum of multitudes was there but multitudes of lambs
Thousands of little boys & girls raising their innocent hands
Now like a mighty wind they raise to heaven the voice of song
Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of Heaven among
Beneath them sit the aged men wise guardians of the poor
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Angels Unawares
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Some people say that life is just a given thing
but you and I both know by whom its lent
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Key Scriptures:
Genesis 18:1-10
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 11 (Ordinary Time 16)
Date:
Monday, July 11, 2022