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.


Reacting to the Good News--April 9, 2012



We have received the good news--you were raised;
do we find this alarming, or can we stand by it?
How do we tell our children what it means?
We will rejoice in you, O righteous one,
and give thanks to your holy name.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Exod. 12:14-27
1 Cor. 15:1-11
Mark 16:1-8

Selected Verses
Ps. 97:12
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
      and give thanks to his holy name!

Exod. 12:26
"And when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this observance?'…" [Moses to the elders of Israel]

1 Cor. 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand…

Mark 16:5-6
As [Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome] entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. …"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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