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.

October 21, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 56, 111, 118
Hosea 14:1-9
Acts 28:17-31
Luke 9:37-50

II. Selections
Psalm 118:22
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the chief cornerstone.

Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Acts 28:22
" ...But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against." [ Jewish leaders in Rome to Paul]

Luke 9:43b-44
While everyone was amazed at all that [ Jesus] was doing, he said to his disciples, "Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands."

III. Meditation: Rejected, betrayed

The authorities rejected Jesus;
he was betrayed into human hands.

His followers were spoken against.

We stumble because of our iniquity;
grant that we may return to you.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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