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.

To You, Lord Jesus--Oct. 24, 2012



O Lord, you answer prayer!
To you may all people come.

We will see what you reveal;
all you tell us, we will hear .

Keeping silence before you
we will walk in your name.

May it be so, Lord Jesus.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Micah 3:9-4:5
Rev. 8:1-13
Luke 10:17-24

Selected Verses

Ps. 65:2
     O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.

Micah 4:5
For all the peoples walk,
     each in the name of its god,
but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God
     for ever and ever.

Rev. 8:1
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Luke 10: 24
"…For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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