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.


In Every Good Work and Word--Dec. 11, 2011



O you whose good works
are a sign that the Father sent you,
strengthen our hearts in every good work and word.

Teach us the way that we should choose;
bring near the day when the poor of the world shall
receive just pay for their toil and enjoy the fruits of their labor.


Lectionary Readings
Ps. 24; 150; 25; 110
Amos 9:11-15
2 Thess. 2:1-3, 13-17
John 5:30-47

Selected Verses
Ps. 25:12
Who are they that fear the LORD?
      He will teach them the way that they should choose.

Amos 9:14
I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
      and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
     and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

2 Thess. 2:16-17
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

John 5:36b-37a
"…The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. …" [Jesus to the crowd]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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