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.

Vigilant for You, Lord--March 30, 2016


Give me a right and sober mind, Jesus,
and let me put my trust in you;
you do not forsake those who seek you.
Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary were faithful to you even when
they supposed you dead; make
me faithful, too, knowing that you live.
You kept vigil for your people,
Lord--make us ever vigilant for you.

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. 9:10
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
          for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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. 15:34
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God.  I say this to your shame.

Matt. 28:1
After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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