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.


Our Priest Forever--Jan. 20, 2012



Forgive our transgressions, O Christ, and cover our sin,
that we may worship you in spirit and in truth,
free from all deceit and self-deception.

Then send us out to the new land that you will show us
through the power of your indestructible life,
for surely you are our priest forever.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139
Gen. 11:27-12:8
Heb. 7:1-17
John 4:16-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 32:1-2
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
      whose sin is covered.
Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity,
      and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Gen. 12:1
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. …"

Heb. 7:17
For it is attested of [our Lord],
      "You are a priest forever,
      according to the order of Melchiedek."

John 4:23
"…But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. …" [Jesus to the Samaritan woman]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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