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This resource relating to Luke 24:1-12 provides a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) exploring the transformative impact of the resurrection and a poem by Denise Levertov (1923-1997) highlighting the mystery of Christ's resurrection.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 24:1-12
CLASSIC POEM:
Easter Communion
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast:
God comes all sweetness to your Lenten lips.
You striped in secret with breath-taking whips,
Those crooked rough-scored chequers may be pieced
To crosses meant for Jesu’s; you whom the East
With draught of thin and pursuant cold so nips
Breathe Easter now; you serged fellowships,
You vigil-keepers with low flames decreased,
God shall o’er-brim the measures you have spent
With oil of gladness, for sackcloth and frieze
And the ever-fretting shirt of punishment
Give myrrhy-threaded golden folds of ease.
Your scarce-sheathed bones are weary of being bent:
Lo, God shall strengthen all the feeble knees.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
On Belief in the Physical
Resurrection of Jesus
Denise Levertov
SNIPPET:
It is for all
‘literalists of the imagination,’
poets or not,
that miracle
is possible and essential.
…
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 24:1-12
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Resurrection of the Lord
Date:
Monday, April 11, 2022