
Lectionary – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (yr A)
At the beginning of a new church year, we published a new function on our website, a weekly contribution to poetry that is in line with this week's readings (Revised Common Lectionary).
Here we offer a wide selection of classic and contemporary poems by various poets that stimulate our imagination with how the biblical text speaks to us in the 21st century. We hope that these poems will be fruitful not only for preachers who will preach these texts next Sunday, but also for members of the Church in the pews to prepare our minds for the encounter with the biblical texts.
"Freedom, justice, peace and lasting joy (arise)
when the poet comes, when the poet speaks,
when the preacher comes as a poet. "
– Walter Brueggemann
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Lectionary poetry
Holy Trinity Sunday
Year A.
<<<<< poems from last week
As of this week, we are offering two poems per reading:
a classic poem in the public domain,
that can be read freely in a livestream service, and
a contemporary poem that could be helpful
Preparation, but subject to copyright restrictions.
Readings:
Genesis 18: 1-15, 21: 1-7 >>> Lectionary poems
Psalm 116: 1-2, 12-19 >>> Lectionary poems
Exodus 19: 2-8a >>> Lectionary poems
Romans 5: 1-8 >>> Lectionary poems
Matthew 9: 35-10: 23 >>> Lectionary poems
POEMS >>>>>>
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