Poetry

Lectionary Poetry – 20th Sunday After Pentecost ( Year B )


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:
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

 
 

CLASSIC POEM:

The Voice of God
Stephen Crane

The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds;
The leaden thunders crashed.
A worshipper raised his arm.
“Hearken! Hearken! The voice of God!”
“Not so,” said a man.
“The voice of God whispers in the heart
So softly
That the soul pauses,
Making no noise,
And strives for these melodies,
Distant, sighing, like faintest breath,
And all the being is still to hear.”

*** This poem is in the public domain, 
  and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
 
 

CONTEMPORARY POEM:

Domine, in Virtute Tua
Malcolm Guite

SNIPPET:

Now may you find in Christ, riches and rest
May you be blessed in him, and he in you
In Heaven, where to grant you your request

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