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.

Justice for the Oppressed, Food for the Hungry--Aug. 28, 2018


Our hope is in you, O God of compassion;
you execute justice for the oppressed;
you give food to the hungry.

Forgive us when the sight of calamity
fills us with fear, or the words
of Jesus turn us away.

Remind us of your compassionate acts,
and turn us back to you, that we
may also show compassion.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Job 6:1-4, 8-15, 21
Acts 9:32-43
John 6:60-71

Selected Verses
Ps. 146:5, 7
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
          whose hope is in the LORD their God… 
          who executes justice for the oppressed;
          who gives food to the hungry.

Job 6:21
"…Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.  …"  [Job, to his friends]

Acts 9:41b-42
Then calling the saints and widows, [Peter] showed [the woman who had died] to be alive.  This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 

John 6:66
Because of [what Jesus said] many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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