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.

Open the Gates of Righteousness--June 28, 2014


Open to us the gates of righteousness,
O God, that we may enter through them,
for we have come down from the mountain.
How can we who died to sin go on living in it?
Open the gates, that we may pass through them
and search for whatever you need,
and immediately send it to you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Numb. 20:14-29
Rom. 6:1-11
Matt. 21:1-11

Selected Verses
Ps. 118:19
 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
          that I may enter through them
          and give thanks to the LORD.

Numb. 20:28
Moses stripped Aaron of his vestments, and put them on his son Eleazar; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain.  Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 

Rom. 6:2b
How can we who died to sin go on living in it?

Matt. 21:3
"…If anyone says anything to you, just say this, 'The Lord needs [your donkey and colt].'  And he will send them immediately."  [Jesus to two of his disciples]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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