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.

Spirit of the Living God--March 6, 2011


Spirit of the living God,
your dominion shall not pass away,
and your kingship
shall never be destroyed.

Spirit of the living God,
make us letters of Christ
that you write not with ink
but on the tablets of our hearts.

Spirit of the living God,
even the darkness is not dark to you;
gather us under your light
that we may become children of light.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139
Dan. 7:9-10, 13-14
2 Cor. 3:1-9
John 12:27-36a

Selected Verses
Ps. 139:12
…even the darkness is not dark to you;
      the night is as bright as the day,
      for darkness is as light to you.

Dan. 7:14b
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
      that shall not pass away,
and his kingship is one
      that shall never be destroyed.

2 Cor. 3:3
…and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

John 12:36a
“…While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” [Jesus to the crowd]

No comments:

Post a Comment