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This resource relating to Acts 5:27-32 provides a poem by John Donne (1572-1631) seeking renewal by the Holy Spirit and a poem by Denise Levertov (1923-1997) seeking assurance of God's presence.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Acts 5:27-32
CLASSIC POEM:
The Holy Ghost
John Donne
O Holy Ghost, whose temple I
Am, but of mud walls and condensed dust,
And being sacrilegiously
Half wasted with youth’s fires, of pride and lust
Must with new storms be weather-beat;
Double in my heart Thy flame,
Which let devout sad tears intend; and let
(Though this glass lanthorn, flesh, do suffer maim)
Fire, Sacrifice, Priest, Altar be the same.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Witness
Denise Levertov
SNIPPET:
Sometimes the mountain
is hidden from me in veils
of cloud,
…
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Key Scriptures:
Acts 5:27-32
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Second Sunday of Easter
Date:
Wednesday, April 20, 2022