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.

When My Soul Is Troubled--March 27, 2013


 When my soul is troubled, what shall I say?
Save me from this hour?  Or glorify your name?

Heal me, O God, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved;
for you are my praise.

I can do all things
through Christ,
who strengthens me.

He is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51
Jer. 17:5-10, 14-18
Phil. 4:1-13
John 12:27-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 27:1b
The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
          of whom shall I be afraid?

Jer. 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed;
          save me, and I shall be saved;
          for you are my praise.

Phil. 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 12:27-28
“Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say — ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour.  Father, glorify your name.”  [Jesus to Philip, Andrew, and the crowd]

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