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This resource relating to Jeremiah 31:7-14 provides a poem by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) reflecting on life and death and a poem by Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) highlighting a navigating of the ups and downs of life.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Jeremiah 31:7-14
CLASSIC POEM:
Amen
Christina Rossetti
It is over. What is over?
Nay, how much is over truly!–
Harvest days we toiled to sow for;
Now the sheaves are gathered newly,
Now the wheat is garnered duly.
It is finished. What is finished?
Much is finished known or unknown:
Lives are finished; time diminished;
Was the fallow field left unsown?
Will these buds be always unblown?
It suffices. What suffices?
All suffices reckoned rightly:
Spring shall bloom where now the ice is,
Roses make the bramble sightly,
And the quickening sun shine brightly,
And the latter wind blow lightly,
And my garden teem with spices.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Casting and Gathering
Seamus Heaney
SNIPPET:
Years and years ago, these sounds took sides:
On the left bank a green silk tapered cast
Went whispering through the air, saying hush
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RCL Lectionary Week:
All Years Second Sunday after Christmas Day
Date:
Monday, December 28, 2020