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.

Why No Healing for You, Jesus?--April 23, 2013


In you, Lord Jesus, all the fullness
of God was pleased to dwell.

You blessed the poor,
fed the hungry,
set prisoners free,
gave sight to the blind
and justice to the oppressed.

Why, then on the cross was there
no one to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
no healing for you?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116
Jer. 30:10-17
Col. 1:15-23
Luke 6:12-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 146:5a, 7-8a
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob…
            who executes justice for the oppressed;
            who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free;
            the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.

Jer. 30:13
There is no one to uphold your cause,
          no medicine for your wound,
          no healing for you.

Col. 1:19
For in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell…

Luke 6:20
            Then [Jesus] looked up at his disciples and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
            for yours is the kingdom of God.  …"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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