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.

April 11, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 9, 99, 118
Micah 7:7-15
Acts 3:1-10
John 15:1-11

II. Selections
Psalm 99:4
Mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

Micah 7:15
As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
show us marvelous things.

Acts 3:9-10
All the people saw [ the man born lame] walking and praising God, and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

John 15:9
" ...As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. ... " [ Jesus at table with his disciples the night he was betrayed]

III. Meditation: Justice, power, and love

Mighty God, our King, our Sovereign:

You love justice and establish equity;
you execute justice and righteousness.

You have shown us marvelous things-
out of Egypt you brought your people.

Fill us with the wonder and amazement
of those who saw the lame man healed.

You gave us Jesus, whom you loved
as he loved us; help us abide in him.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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