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.

With Us to the End of the Age--Aug. 4, 2018


You are our God, and you have made us,
and we are yours, the sheep of your pasture.
You gave us Jesus of Nazareth, attested to us
by deeds of power, wonders, and signs.
Earthly forces will fight and rage,
but their fighting is for naught,
whereas Jesus is with us
to the end of the age.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Judges 5:19-31
Acts 2:22-36
Matt. 28:11-20

Selected Verses
Ps. 100:3
Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Judges 5:19
"The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver.  …" [The Song of Deborah and Barak]


Acts 2:22
"You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know…"  [Peter, preaching to the crowd gathered on Pentecost]

Matt. 28:20b
"…And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."  [The risen Jesus to the eleven disciples]

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