You have a day against all that is proud and lofty,
a day against all that is lifted up and pretentious;
but the oppressed and lowly you rescue, O God.
You reached down from on high, you pulled us up;
you drew us out of mighty waters. You are God not
of the dead, but of the living; for to you all are alive.
We remember before you our family and friends—
how can we thank you enough for our loved ones
and our joy in your presence as we think of them?
Lectionary Readings
Psalms 18:1-20, 147:12-20, 126, 62
Isaiah 2:5-22
1 Thessalonians 3:1-13
Luke 20:27-40
Selected Verses
Psalm 18:16
He reached down from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.
Isaiah 2:12-16
For the LORD of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high…
1 Thessalonians 3:9
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you?
Luke 20:38
"…Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive." [Jesus to Sadducees who asked him a question about the resurrection]
Meditations inspired by readings from the Daily Lectionary as found in the Mission Yearbook of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Elmer E. Ewing
- 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.
"Elijah" - A bronze sculpture by a friend, the late Reverend Gurdon Brewster. Click on the image to see more of his sculptures.
Archives
Samples from the archives
- 3/19/18 Remedy for Hubris--A Child Could Do It
- 2/25/14 Unbind me, Jesus
- 10/26/13 Refreshing hearts, in Christ
- 8/9/13 When things I do displease you, God
- 2/7/13 Freed, saved, gathered in
- 1/1/13 For a joy that is complete
- 11/20/12 Though the fig tree does not blossom
- 11/19/12 Alas, my house is set on high
- 10/14/12 Held in your arms
- 9/14/12 The land cries out against us
- 8/29/12 The snare of false accusation
- 8/5/12 Tie up the strong man
- 4/5/12 We who dip bread
- 9/23/10 The right to be joyful
- 9/18/10 Chief cornerstone
- 7/27/10 Triumph over enemies
- 10/9/08 Our iniquity is great
- 5/14/08 When at night
- 2/17/08 The thin and ugly
- 1/17/07 We do not know you
- 1/3/07 Promises
- 1/2/07 For things not seen
- 10/3/06 Fear of you
- 10/2/06 Little we know
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