Poets & Saints

Not All Tears Are an Evil (J.R.R. Tolkien) - Unseen Existences: Day 40

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A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on Revelation 21:3-4, with a reading from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King. Day 40 of the Unseen Existences series.

Scripture Revelation 21:3-4 (NRSVUE) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and be their God; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away."

Refrain God will wipe every tear from my eyes.

Quote J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Return of the King "Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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