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This resource relating to 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 provides a poem by Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) highlighting the hope of the resurrection and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting finding Christ's presence in uncertain times.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
1 Corinthians 15: 19-26
CLASSIC POEM:
The Hope of the Resurrection
Vachel Lindsay
Though I have watched so many mourners weep
O’er the real dead, in dull earth laid asleep-
Those dead seemed but the shadows of my days
That passed and left me in the sun’s bright rays.
Now though you go on smiling in the sun
Our love is slain, and love and you were one.
You are the first, you I have known so long,
Whose death was deadly, a tremendous wrong.
Therefore I seek the faith that sets it right
Amid the lilies and the candle-light.
I think on Heaven, for in that air so dear
We two may meet, confused and parted here.
Ah, when man’s dearest dies,’tis then he goes
To that old balm that heals the centuries’ woes.
Then Christ’s wild cry in all the streets is rife:-
“I am the Resurrection and the Life.”
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Easter 2020
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
And where is Jesus, this strange Easter day?
Not lost in our locked churches, anymore
Than he was sealed in that dark sepulchre.
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1 Corinthians 15:19-26
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Resurrection of the Lord
Date:
Monday, April 11, 2022