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.


Speak Peace to Your People--Nov. 14, 2011




O God the Lord, speak peace to your people;
forgive us for doing whatever we please.

God, make us faithful; put into our hearts
such a thing as this--to glorify you;

and God, open to us
the book of life.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 57; 145; 85; 47
Ezra 7:27-28; 8:21-36
Rev. 20:7-15
Matt. 17:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 85:8
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak,
      for he will speak peace to his people,
      to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the LORD in Jerusalem…

Rev. 20: 12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books.

Matt. 17:12
"…but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands." [Jesus to Peter, James, and John]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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