Lectionary Poetry – First Sunday After Pentecost (Year C)

With the dawn of a new church year, we have launched a new feature on our website, a weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for that week (Revised Common Lectionary).

*** Revised Common Lectionary ***

Lectionary Reading:
John 16:12-15

‘Truth,’ said a traveller
Stephen Crane

“Truth,” said a traveller,
“Is a rock, a mighty fortress;
“Often have I been to it,
“Even to its highest tower,
“From whence the world looks black.”

“Truth,” said a traveller,
“Is a breath, a wind,
“A shadow, a phantom;
“Long have I pursued it,
“But never have I touched
“The hem of its garment.”

And I believed the second traveller;
For truth was to me
A breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom,
And never had I touched
The hem of its garment.

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

CONTEMPORARY POEM:

truth
Gwendolyn Brooks

SNIPPET:

And if sun comes
How shall we greet him?
…

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