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.

February 24, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84, 150
Genesis 44:1-17
Romans 8:1-10
John 5:25-29

II. Selections
Psalm 150:6
Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD!

Genesis 44:16a-c
And Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? ... " [ To Joseph's steward]

Romans 8:6
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

John 5:25
" ...Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ... " [ Jesus in Jerusalem]

III. Meditation: Life and peace in you

Let everything that breathes praise you!
To set our mind on you is life and peace.
We have no other way to clear ourselves-
what could we say to you, we who are dead;
what could we do, except listen for your voice?
Praise the LORD!

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