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.


Not the Righteous, but Sinners--March 2, 2012



We glory in your name, Lord Jesus, and our hearts rejoice;
for you came to call not the righteous but sinners.
We belong to you, and you belong to God.
You are the good physician, Jesus;
we must never forget you--
we need your healing.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130
Gen. 40:1-23
1 Cor. 3:16-23
Mark 2:13-22

Selected Verses
Ps. 105:3
Glory in his holy name;
      let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Gen. 40:23
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

1 Cor. 3:23
…and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard this, he said to [the scribes of the Pharisees], "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners."
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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