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.

When Christ Comes Near--Apr. 5, 2015


This is a day of remembrance for us;
we celebrate it as a festival to you, O God;
on this day you remembered us in our low estate
and showed us that your steadfast love endures forever.

No one has ever seen you, but he who is close to your heart
has made you known. When he comes near to us,
pray do not let us fail to recognize him.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117
Exod. 12:1-14
John 1:1-18
Luke 24:13-35

Selected Verses
Ps. 136:23
It is [the LORD] who remembered us in our low estate,
          for his steadfast love endures forever…

Exod. 12:14
This day shall be a day of remembrance for you.  You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.

John 1:18
No one has ever seen God.  It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

Luke 24:15-16
While [the two followers of Jesus] were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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