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This resource relating to Luke 13:31-35 provides a poem by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) highlighting thoughts concerning war and politics and a poem by Caki Wilkinson likening one's sneaky nature to that of a fox.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Luke 13: 31-35
CLASSIC POEM:
Politics
William Butler Yeats
“In our time the destiny of man presents its meanings in political terms.”
-Thomas Mann
How can I, that girl standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics,
Yet here’s a travelled man that knows
What he talks about,
And there’s a politician
That has both read and thought,
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war’s alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Fox
Caki Wilkinson
SNIPPET:
The yards grow ghosts. Between the limbs and wings,
bleached street-lit things, I’m best at moving on.
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Key Scriptures:
Luke 13:31-35
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Second Sunday in Lent
Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025