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.

Consolation--May 24, 2021


 Father of mercies, 

Mother of consolation,

I have not heard your voice

speaking to me out of a fire, 

but I know you are near

to all who call on you,

calling in truth.

 

You speak not only to console;

you also call us to follow 

our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Help me trust,

if I obey his call, 

and I carry the cross,

there will be consolation. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112

Deut. 4:9-14

2 Cor. 1:1-11

Luke 14:25-35

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 145:18

The LORD is near to all who call on him,
          to all who call on him in truth.

 

Deut. 4:12

Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire.  You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.  [Moses, to the Israelites]

 

2 Cor. 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation…

 

Luke 14:27

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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