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.

The Path of Life, Fullness of Joy--June 18, 2015


Show us the path of life, dear Jesus,
and help us listen to what you have to say,
that we may live what is in your heart and mind.

You have given us abundance--may we hold back
nothing in what we return to you, for in
your presence is fullness of joy.   

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62
1 Sam. 2:27-36
Acts 2:22-36
Luke 20:41-21:4

Selected Verses
Ps. 16:11
You show me the path of life.
          In your presence there is fullness of joy;
          in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

1 Sam. 2:35a
"…I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind.  …"  [From the message the LORD sent to Eli]

Acts 2:22a
“You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say…"  [Peter preaching on Pentecost]

Luke 21:3-4
[Jesus] said [to his disciples], “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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