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.

As Your Freed People, Justice and Love--Oct. 29, 2014


We will sing our songs to you, O God;
we will bless your name and tell of
your salvation from day to day.

When in the wilderness, you fed us
and you prepared a place for us,
breaking our yoke and bonds.

Now that you have set us free,
help us practice justice and
show our love for you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134
Nahum 1:1-14
Rev. 12:1-6
Luke 11:37-52

Selected Verses
Ps. 96:2
 Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
          tell of his salvation from day to day. 

Nahum 1:13
"And now I will break off his yoke from you
            and snap the bonds that bind you."
[The LORD to Judah]

Rev. 12:6
…and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, so that there she can be nourished for one thousand two hundred sixty days.

Luke 11:42
"But woe to you Pharisees!  For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.  …"  [Jesus to his Pharisee dinner host]

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