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This resource relating to Luke 16:19-31 provides a poem by Alice Meynell (1847-1922) highlighting the story of Lazarus and the rich man and a poem by Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) highlighting human suffering alongside Good Friday events.
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*** Narrative Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 16:19-31
CLASSIC POEM:
To “a Certain Rich Man”
Alice Meynell
Thou wouldst not part thy spoil
Gained from the beggar’s want, the weakling’s toil,
Nor spare a jot of sumptuousness or state
For Lazarus at the gate.
And in the appalling night
Of expiation, as in day’s delight,
Thou heldst thy niggard hand; it would not share
One hour of thy despair.
Those five—thy prayer for them!
O generous! who, condemned, wouldst not condemn,
Whose ultimate human greatness proved thee so
A miser of thy woe.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Still Falls the Rain
Edith Sitwell
SNIPPET:
Still falls the Rain —
Dark as the world of man, black as our loss —
Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails
Upon the Cross
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 16:19-31
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Narrative lectionary week:
NL334 Rich Man and Lazarus
Date:
Monday, March 24, 2025