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.

Our Servant Lord--Feb. 12, 2021


Gracious God, you sent us Jesus. 

Your Spirit was with him,

bringing good news 

to the oppressed.

 

He endured persecution,

bound up the brokenhearted,

proclaimed liberty to the captives, 

and declared release to the prisoners.

 

Fill us with the joy of your salvation,

and sustain in us a willing spirit

to serve our Servant Lord.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65

Isa. 61:1-9

2 Tim. 3:1-17

Mark 10:32-45

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
          and sustain in me a willing spirit.

 

Isa. 61:1-2

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
          because the LORD has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
          to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
          and release to the prisoners…

 

2 Tim. 3:11b

What persecutions I endured!  Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

 

Mark 10:45

“…For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”  [Jesus, to the twelve disciples]


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