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This resource relating to Luke 1:26-38 provides poems by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) and Malcolm Guite highlighting Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Luke 1:26-38
CLASSIC POEM:
The Visitation
Joyce Kilmer
There is a wall of flesh before the eyes
Of John, who yet perceives and hails his King.
It is Our Lady’s painful bliss to bring
Before mankind the Glory of the skies.
Her cousin feels her womb’s sweet burden rise
And leap with joy, and she comes forth to sing,
With trembling mouth, her words of welcoming.
She knows her hidden God, and prophesies.
Saint John, pray for us, weary souls that tarry
Where life is withered by sin’s deadly breath.
Pray for us, whom the dogs of Satan harry,
Saint John, Saint Anne, and Saint Elizabeth.
And, Mother Mary, give us Christ to carry
Within our hearts, that we may conquer death.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Visitation
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Here is a meeting made of hidden joys
Of lightenings cloistered in a narrow place
From quiet hearts the sudden flame of praise
And in the womb the quickening kick of grace.
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Luke 1:26-38
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year B Fourth Sunday of Advent
Date:
Monday, December 14, 2020