Each week we carefully curate a collection of poems that resonate with the lectionary readings for that week (Narrative Lectionary and Revised Common Lectionary).
*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
St. Francis of Assisi
Vachel Lindsay
Would I might wake St. Francis in you all,
Brother of birds and trees, God’s Troubadour,
Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;
Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men,
Come, let us chant the canticle again
Of mother earth and the enduring sun.
God make each soul the lonely leper’s slave;
God make us saints, and brave.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Now, As You Awaken
Mahmoud Darwish
SNIPPET:
Now, as you awaken, remember the swan’s
last dance. Did you dance with young angels
while you were dreaming?
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This is a great site. Looking forward to your selections for the Reign of Christ. Will they be up soon?
Patrick, the poems in this post are for Reign of Christ Sunday. When creating the post, I forgot to indicate that the 25th Sunday after Pentecost and Reign of Christ Sunday are synonymous . I have edited the post, adding a note that this is also Reign of Christ Sunday.
Thanks for bringing this error to my attention,
Chris Smith