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.

For Your Son, the Beloved--March 2, 2020


Gracious God, human parents love their children,
but nothing compares with your love for Jesus.
By your grace, you have given him to us;
in every way we are enriched in him,
in all speech and all knowledge.
For him, every day we will
bless and praise you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 37:1-11
1 Cor. 1:1-19
Mark 1:1-13

Selected Verses
Ps. 145:2
Every day I will bless you,
          and praise your name forever and ever.

Gen. 37:3a
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age…

1 Cor. 1:4-5
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind…

Mark 1:11
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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