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.

Called to Hope--Nov. 26, 2020

 God of steadfast love, open a fountain 

to cleanse us from sin and impurity.

 

When we pray and expect your wonders 

to appear immediately, teach us patience.

 

Enlighten the eyes of our heart, that we may know

the hope to which you have called us

and your great power 

to redeem.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130

Zech. 13:1-9

Eph. 1:15-23

Luke 19:11-27

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 130:7

O Israel, hope in the LORD!
          For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
          and with him is great power to redeem.

 

Zech. 13:1

On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

 

Eph. 1:18

…so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which [God] has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints…

 

Luke 19:11

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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