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This resource relating to Revelation 1:4-8 provides a poem by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) celebrating the grace of God and a poem by Wendell Berry highlighting the restorative power of nature.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Revelation 1:4-8
CLASSIC POEM:
Oh what a Grace is this
Emily Dickinson
Oh what a Grace is this,
What Majesties of Peace,
That having breathed
The fine—ensuing Right
Without Diminuet Proceed!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
SNIPPET:
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
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Revelation 1:4-8
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Second Sunday of Easter
Date:
Wednesday, April 20, 2022