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.

Lamb of God--Jan. 6, 2014



O Lamb of God,
Light to the nations,
Lamp for our darkness--

you are the hope of all the world;
you deliver the needy when they call,
the poor, and those who have no helper.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 72; 145; 100; 67
Isa. 49:1-7
Rev. 21:22-27
Matt. 12:14-21

Selected Verses

Ps. 72:12
For [the king] delivers the needy when they call,
          the poor and those who have no helper.

Isa. 49:6b
"…I will give you as a light to the nations,
            that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
[The LORD speaks to servent Israel]

Rev. 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Matt. 12:21
"…And in his name the Gentiles will hope."
[quoting Isaiah]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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