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 Door Open to Heaven--Oct. 29, 2019



Lord Jesus Christ,
you are the fountain of life;
in your light, we see life.
You are the door,
open to heaven.

The eye of God
was upon you, Lord,
as you spoke parables
to the people.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7
Ezra 5:1-17
Rev. 4:1-11
Matt. 13:1-9

Selected Verses
Ps. 36:9
 For with you is the fountain of life;
          in your light we see light.

Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report reached Darius and then answer was returned by letter in reply to it.

Rev. 4:1
After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open!  And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

Matt. 13:1-3a
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake.  Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.  And he told them many things in parables…

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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