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.

March 28, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 25, 34, 91
Genesis 49:29-50:14
1 Corinthians 11:2-34
Mark 8:1-10

II. Selections
Psalm 25:1
To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

Genesis 50:14
After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone up with him to bury his father.

1 Corinthians 11:28
Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

Mark 8:4
[ Jesus'] disciples replied, "How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?"

III. Meditation: Examine yourselves
After we have buried our loved one,
we and those who survive with us
must return to Egypt.

We lift up our soul to you.
How can you feed us with bread
here in the desert?

You will feed us if
we examine ourselves,
and then eat the bread and drink the cup.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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