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.

As with a Rich Feast--Sept. 5, 2020

 

Christ, you satisfy us as with a rich feast;

you are like gold and precious silver;

you know your own, and we know you;

through you we receive forgiveness.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Job 22:1-4, 22:21-23:7

Acts 13:26-43

John 10:1-18

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 63:5-6

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
          and my mouth praises you with joyful lips
when I think of you on my bed,
          and meditate on you in the watches of the night…

 

Job 22:25

“…and if the Almighty is your gold and your precious silver…” [Eliphaz, to Job]

 

Acts 13:38

“Let it be known to you therefore, my brothers, that through this man [Jesus] forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you…”  [Paul, preaching in Antioch]

 

John 10:14

“…I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me…”  [Jesus, to Pharisees who did not believe him]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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