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 Righteous One, Condemned and Murdered--Sept. 4, 2015


Jeroboam fled to Egypt to save his life,
but though your enemies were many,
and with violent hatred they hated you,
Jesus, and though you saved others,
you did not save yourself, or even resist.
And so they condemned and murdered
you, the righteous one, whom we call
Lord and Savior.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
1 Kings 11:26-43
James 4:13-5:6
Mark 15:22-32

Selected Verses
Ps. 25:19
Consider how many are my foes,
          and with what violent hatred they hate me. 

1 Kings 11:40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam promptly fled to Egypt, to King Shishak of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

Mark 15:31
In the same way the chief priests, along with the scribes, were also mocking [Jesus] among themselves and saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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