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:
Mark 2:23-3:6
CLASSIC POEM:
The Physician
Amos Russel Wells
Thou whose healing reaches far
Where the seeds of evil are,
Probe the source of my distress,
Every secret sinfulness.
Thou whose eye discovers keen
Both the hidden and the seen,
Use Thy knife, if so Thou wilt,
Where I think me free from guilt.
Thou whose mind is wise to see
What has been and what will be,
Though no present ill I know,
Save me from the coming woe.
Human sages ply their art.
Curing fever, chill, and smart;
Thou, O Christ, my health shalt be
Now, and through eternity.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Blessing and Rest
Malcolm Guite
Snippet:
Blessing and rest, delight in everything
Sustained by your strong love and richly blest,
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