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.


One Bread, One Body--Apr. 21, 2011


O God, you send out your commands;
your word runs swiftly.

Lord Jesus, as you were sent into the world,
you send us.

As you were overpowered by the Father,
you prevail over us.

We go to do your will; but feed us with the one bread,
that as we go in your Spirit
we go as one body.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Jer. 20:7-18
1 Cor. 10:14-17; 11:27-32
John 17:1-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 147:15
He sends out his command to the earth;
      his word runs swiftly.

Jer. 20:7a-b
O LORD, you have enticed me,
      and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
      and you have prevailed.

1 Cor. 10:17
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

John 17:8
“…As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. …” [Jesus prays for his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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