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.

Your Commandment: Eternal Life--Sept. 22, 2012


Lord Jesus, you speak as the Father told you,
and you speak to all who will hear--
to beneficiaries of royal largesse,
to loungers searching out what is new,
and to the oppressed who are trampled down.

What you say to one, you say to all--
your Father's commandment is eternal life.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Esth. 2:5-8, 15-23
Acts 17:16-34
John 12:44-50

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
          all day long foes oppress me…

Esth. 2:18b
[The king] also granted a holiday to the provinces, and gave gifts with royal liberality.

Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new.

John 12:50
"…And I know that his commandment is eternal life.  What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."  [Jesus]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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