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.

Great Grace and the Spirit--May 31, 2020


Creator God,
you have opened your hand,
filling your creatures with good things.  

Make us grateful in proportion to your blessings.

You spoke to the woman beside the well,
Jesus; speak to us—may great grace
and the Spirit be upon us all.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 150; 29; 33
Deut. 16:9-12
Acts 4:18-21, 23-33
John 4:19-26

Selected Verses
Ps. 104:28
…when you give to [your creatures], they gather it up;
          when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Deut. 16:10
Then you shall keep the festival of weeks for the LORD your God, contributing a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing that you have received from the LORD your God.

Acts 4:33
With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

John 4:26
Jesus said to [the Samaritan woman], “I am [Christ], the one who is speaking to you.”

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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