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This resource relating to Psalm 16 provides a poem by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) highlighting the finding of refuge in song.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Psalm 16
CLASSIC POEM:
Refuge
Sara Teasdale
From my spirit’s gray defeat,
From my pulse’s flagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sifting through my close-clenched hand,
From my own fault’s slavery,
If I can sing, I still am free.
For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirit’s sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Refuge
Tracy K. Smith
SNIPPET:
Until I can understand why you
Fled, why you are willing to bleed,
Why you deserve what I must be
Willing to cede, let me imagine
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[ READ THE FULL POEM ]
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Psalm 16
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 8 (Ordinary Time 13)
Date:
Monday, June 20, 2022