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.

May 09, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 9, 99, 118
Jeremiah 32:36-44
Romans 13:1-14
Luke 8:16-25

II. Selections
Psalm 118:20
This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.

Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

Luke 8:21
But [ Jesus] said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

III. Meditation: Mothers and brothers of Jesus

Give us one heart, one way,
one gate through which to enter;
teach us to hear your word and do it,
to live a life of love and so fulfill your law.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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