T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday

<p><em>"If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent</em><br /> <em>If the unheard, unspoken</em><br /> <em>Word is unspoken, unheard;</em><br /> <em>Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard,</em><br /> <em>The Word without a word, the Word within</em><br /> <em>The world and for the world;</em><br /> <em>And the light shone in darkness and</em><br /> <em>Against the Word the unstilled world still whirled</em><br /> <em>About the center of the silent Word."</em></p> <p>Written in 1930, <em>Ash Wednesday</em> is a six-part "conversion poem" written by Eliot after his own conversion to Anglicanism. With references ranging from Dante to Shakespeare to the Bible, <em>Ash Wednesday </em>is a moving poem of theological and philosophical depth that speaks to both the struggles and the consolations of spiritual growth.</p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><em>Ash Wednesday</em> full text: <a href= "https://www.best-poems.net/t_s_eliot/ash_wednesday.html" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.best-poems.net/t_s_eliot/ash_wednesday.html</a></p> <p>T.S. Eliot's own reading of the poem: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEUlzDTGd44" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEUlzDTGd44</a></p> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio</a> to register for FREE access to the full archive of audiobooks beyond the most recent 15 episodes.<br /> <br /> Donate at <a href="http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio</a> to support this podcast!</p> <p>Theme music: 2 Part Invention, composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.</p>