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.

Together, with One Voice--May 4, 2013


 O Most High, there is no god beside you;
and it is good to give you thanks,
to sing praises to your name.
Together, with one voice,
may we glorify you, the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Send us out to proclaim your kingdom and to heal.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Deut. 32:34-43
Rom. 15:1-13
Luke 9:1-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 92:1
 It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
          to sing praises to your name, O Most High…

Deut. 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he;
          there is no god besides me.

Rom. 15:6
…so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 9:2
…and [Jesus] sent [the twelve disciples] out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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