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.


A Day of Remembrance--April 8, 2012



On Easter do we not remember the things
that have taken place in these days?

We doubted your presence, but you have
shown us the strength of your arm.

We did not recognize you, but you have
remembered us in our low estate.

This day of remembrance we shall not forget
that your steadfast love endures forever.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117
Exod. 12:1-14
Isa. 51:9-11
Luke 24:13-35

Selected Verses
Ps. 136:23
It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
      for his steadfast love endures forever;
and rescued us from our foes,
      for his steadfast love endures forever…

Exod. 12:14a
This day shall be a day of remembrance for you.

Isa. 51:9a
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD!

Luke 24:18
Then one of [the two disciples on the road to Emmaus], whose name was Cleopas, answered [the risen Jesus], "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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