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 24, 2010


We Call Upon You

I. Readings
Psalms 5, 145, 82, 29
Proverbs 3:11-20
1 John 3:18- 1 John 4:6
Matthew 11:1-6

II. Selections
Psalm 145
The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

Proverbs 3:19
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens…

1 John 3:18
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.

Matthew 11:4-5
Jesus answered [the disciples of John], “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. … ”

III. Meditation

Mighty God, by wisdom you founded the earth;
and by understanding you established the heavens;
yet you are near to all who call on you in truth.
We call upon you that we may love, not just in

word or speech, but in truth and action; for we
pray in the name of Jesus, who gave sight to the blind,
made the lame walk and the deaf hear, cleansed lepers,
raised the dead, and brought good news to the poor.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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