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.

One Bread that We Partake--March 23, 2020


What may happen to us in days to come,
O Jesus? Although we do not know,
when you are present with us,
we notice a difference.

With you we are one body,
one bread that we partake.

Lord, your hands have made
and fashioned us; give us
understanding.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Gen. 49:1-28
1 Cor. 10:14-11:1
Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses
Ps. 119:73
Your hands have made and fashioned me;
          give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

Gen. 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons, and said: “Gather around, that I may tell you what will happen to you in days to come.  …”

1 Cor. 10:17
Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 

Mark 7:24
From there [Jesus] set out and went away to the region of Tyre.  He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there.  Yet he could not escape notice…

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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