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.

Christ, in Whose Name We Hope--May 26, 2018



Jesus Christ, we rejoice in you;
may our meditation be pleasing to you,
and may we walk in your truth. Your wisdom
is precious; we must not neglect it. Bring justice
to victory, we pray, and in your name we hope.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Prov. 8:22-36
3 John 1-15
Matt. 12:15-21

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:34
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
          for I rejoice in the LORD. 

Prov. 8:33
Hear instruction and be wise,
          and do not neglect it.

3 John 4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Matt. 12:20-21
"…He will not break a bruised reed
          or quench a smoldering wick
until he brings justice to victory.
          And in his name the Gentiles will hope." [The Gospel writer quotes Isaiah]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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