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T. S. Eliot, “East Coker” [Poetry for Easter]
Each week during Eastertide I am posting a poem that helps me engage more meaningfully with Jesus' resurrection. Here is stanza IV of T. S. Eliot's poem "East Coker," which is from Four Quartets (1943). Thomas Stearns Eliot is probably the most famous twentieth-century English-language poet, renowned for his groundbreaking work typified in poems like …
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Epiphany: The Journey of the Magi
Epiphany means a manifestation. In the Christian year, Epiphany is the celebration of that revelation of Jesus as Messiah in the eyes of the nations. The moments of Jesus' life most clearly connected with Epiphany are: the arrival of the Magi to the child Jesus (Matthew 2:1-12) the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; …
T. S. Eliot, excerpt from “Choruses from ‘The Rock'”, Il [Poetry for Ordinary Time]
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
Matthew Erickson 