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This resource relating to Acts 9:36-43 provides a poem by George MacDonald (1824-1905) highlighting the service of Dorcas and a poem by Wendell Berry calling for a return to a sustainable way of life.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Acts 9:36-43
CLASSIC POEM:
Dorcas
George Macdonald
If I might guess, then guess I would
That, mid the gathered folk,
This gentle Dorcas one day stood,
And heard when Jesus spoke.
She saw the woven seamless coat-
Half envious, for his sake:
‘Oh, happy hands,’ she said, ‘that wrought
The honoured thing to make!’
Her eyes with longing tears grow dim:
She never can come nigh
To work one service poor for him
For whom she glad would die!
But, hark, he speaks! Oh, precious word!
And she has heard indeed!
‘When did we see thee naked, Lord,
And clothed thee in thy need?’
‘The King shall answer, Inasmuch
As to my brethren ye
Did it-even to the least of such-
Ye did it unto me.’
Home, home she went, and plied the loom,
And Jesus’ poor arrayed.
She died-they wept about the room,
And showed the coats she made.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Wendell Berry
SNIPPET:
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
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Acts 9:36-43
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Fourth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 2, 2022