Shout Joy! By Madeleine L’Engle - Poem for Trinity Sunday, Year A
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for Trinity Sunday, Year A can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, Psalm 8
Shout Joy!
Madeleine L’Engle
SNIPPET:
O sing unto God
and sing praises unto his Name
magnify him that rideth upon the heavens
praise him in his Name.
Jah!
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Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science. (via Wikipedia).