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 13, 2008

I. Readings
Psalms 93, 117, 136
Exodus 28:1-4, 30-38
1 John 2:18-29
Mark 6:30-44

II. Selections
Psalm 136:23
It is [ the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever ...

Exodus 28:36
You shall make a rosette of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, "Holy to the LORD."

1 John 2:20
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

Mark 6:34
As [ Jesus] went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

III. Meditation: Holy to the Lord

You remember us in our low estate;
your steadfast love endures forever.

We are sheep without a shepherd;
Anoint us with your Holy Spirit.

Have compassion on us; engrave
in our hearts: Holy to the Lord.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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