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.

O Holy One of Israel--Dec. 29, 2012


 Lord Jesus, we declare your glory among the nations,
your marvelous works among all peoples;

for never has anyone lived the way you lived,
or spoken the way you spoke,
or loved the way you loved.

O Holy One of Israel; be present in our midst.
To you be glory and dominion forever and ever.  Amen.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 149; 132; 97

Isa. 12:1-6
Rev. 1:1-8
John 7:37-52

Selected Verses

Ps. 96:3

Declare his glory among the nations,
          his marvelous works among all the peoples.

Isa. 12:6
Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion,
          for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Rev. 1:5b-6
To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

John 7:46
The police answered [the chief priests and Pharisees], “Never has anyone spoken like this!”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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