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.

To the Tomb, after a Night of Vigil--April 23, 2014


After a night of vigil, the two Mary's went to the tomb;
there was a great earthquake, and an angel
rolled back the stone and sat on it.
And now we know we die,
but we come to life,
for you are King
(let the people
tremble).

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Exod. 12:40-51
1 Cor. 15:29-41
Matt. 28:1-16

Selected Verses
Ps. 99:1a
The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! 

Exod. 12:42
That was for the LORD a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.  That same night is a vigil to be kept for the LORD by all the Israelites throughout their generations.

1 Cor. 15:36
Fool!  What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 

Matt. 28:1-2
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.  And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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