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.

Compassion, not Death Threats--Apr. 13, 2016


Lord Jesus, though the fullness of God
was pleased to dwell in you,
and the heavens were opened to you,
and the Spirit alighted on you,
we need have no fear to look on you.
You showed us the compassion
of God—you healed the brokenhearted,
and you bound up their wounds.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 147:1-11; 9; 118
Exod. 19:16-25
Col. 1:15-23
Matt. 3:13-17

Selected Verses
Ps. 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted,
          and binds up their wounds. 

Exod. 19:21
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people not to break through to the LORD to look; otherwise many of them will perish.  …"

Col. 1:19
For in [Jesus] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell…

Matt. 3:16
And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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