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.

Victory that Conquers the World--Feb. 26, 2014


 Jesus, yours is the victory that conquers the world.
You died for the nation, and not only for it,
but to gather your dispersed children.
Your enemies testified falsely against you,
but you showed us God heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Prov. 6:1-19
1 John 5:1-12
John 11:45-54

Selected Verses

Ps. 147:3
[The LORD] heals the brokenhearted,
          and binds up their wounds.

Prov. 6:19
…a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

1 John 5:14b
And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.

John 11:51-52
[Caiaphas] did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.  

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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