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.

Remove the Veil from My Mind--April 2, 2020


There is no one like you, O Jesus!
Though I have many possessions,
and lack far more than one thing,
deep inside, I want to follow you.

Do not despise my prayer, Christ.
Remove the veil from my mind;
I turn to you.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Exod. 7:25-8:19
2 Cor. 3:7-18
Mark 10:17-31

Selected Verses
Ps. 102:17
[The LORD] will regard the prayer of the destitute,
          and will not despise their prayer.

Exod. 8:10
And [Pharaoh] said, “Tomorrow.”  Moses said, “As you say!  So that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God…”

2 Cor. 3:15-16
Indeed, to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over [the minds of the people of Israel]; but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 

Mark 10:21
Jesus, looking at [the man who had many possessions], loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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