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.

Unity in Christ--April 12, 2021

 

O God, we rejoice in you, giving thanks to your holy name.

 Teach us to walk in your light, as in fellowship we share

 with one another wisdom and insights that you provide.

 As you are one with Christ, may we be one.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115

Dan. 1:1-21

1 John 1:1-10

John 17:1-11

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
          and give thanks to his holy name!

 

Dan. 1:17

To these four young men God gave knowledge and skill in every aspect of literature and wisdom; Daniel also had insight into all visions and dreams.

 

1 John 1:7

…but if we walk in the light as [God] himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

 

John 17:11

“…Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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