I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

For All Who Are Oppressed--May 26, 2013


According to the measure of Christ's gift,
you have given us grace and truth.

God, give us words to keep in our hearts--
justice for all who are oppressed.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139
Deut. 6:1-15
Eph. 4:1-16
John 1:1-18

Selected Verses

Ps. 103:6
The LORD works vindication
          and justice for all who are oppressed.

Deut. 6:6
Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.

Eph. 4:7
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

John 1:17
The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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