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.

June 14, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 26, 116, 130
Song of Solomon 1:1-3, 9-11, 15-16a, 2:1-3a
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Luke 19:28-40

II. Selections
Psalm 116:7
Return, O my soul, to your rest,
for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

Song of Solomon 1:15
Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
ah, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.

2 Corinthians 12:3
And I know that such a person-whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows-was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat.

Luke 19:40
[ Jesus] answered, "I tell you, if these [ cheering disciples] were silent, the stones would cry out."

III. Meditation: After the excitement

Irrepressible-a young man's love,
a disciple caught up into paradise,
cheers for Jesus entering Jerusalem.

And after the excitement is over,
we remember your bountiful gifts,
and return to rest our soul in you.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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