Poem for Third Sunday in Lent 2026

I knew, always, that I would be a worker in the vineyard,  
as are all men and women living at the same time,   
whether they are aware of it or not.

—“Late Ripeness” by Czeslaw Milosz¹

NOTES:
1) Czeslaw Milosz, “Late Ripeness,” Poetry Foundation, accessed March 8, 2026, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49453/late-ripeness
2) Malcolm Guite, “Week 3: Dante and the Companioned Journey,” March 23, 2025, malcolmguite.wordpress.com, accessed March 8, 2026, https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/week-3-dante-and-the-companioned-journey-10/
3) Word in the Wilderness: A poem a day for Lent and Easter by Malcolm Guite, https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781848256781/word-in-the-wilderness