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.

On the Third Day--June 10, 2013


 We have heard this, O God--that power
belongs to you, and steadfast love.

Jesus was meek and gentle;
the soldiers mocked him,
insulted, spat upon him,
flogged, executed him.

But your power is able to gather exiles from
the ends of the earth--and bring them home;
on the third day you raised Christ as he said.

 Lectionary Readings
Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Deut. 30:1-10
2 Cor. 10:1-18
Luke 18:31-43

Selected Verses

Ps. 62:11-12a
 Once God has spoken;
          twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
          and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.

Deut. 30:4
Even if you are exiled to the ends of the world, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back.  [Moses to the Israelites]

2 Cor. 10:1a
I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ…

Luke 18:32-33
"…For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.  After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."  [Jesus, speaking of himself, to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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