O God, you did not call
us to impurity but in holiness.
Nor will you hear the voice of our
supplications if we do nothing to help
the poor who are crushed, their faces ground.
It is not holy to pray long prayers, then to ignore
the plight of widows whose houses are being devoured.
In holiness you called us, forgive the impurity of our response.
Lectionary Readings
Psalms 102, 148, 130, 16
Isaiah 3:1-4:1
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
Luke 20:41-21:4
Selected Verses
Psalms 130:2b
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord GOD of hosts.
1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
Luke 20:41-21:4
“…[The scribes] devour widows' houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."
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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