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.

With Energy and Wit--May 27, 2021

 

God of hosts, may we take to heart 

that you rule in heaven above

and on the earth beneath.

 

We feast on the abundance of your house;

we drink from the river of your delights.

 

Fill us with your Spirit, with freedom to act for you.

Teach us to use your gifts with energy and wit,

but not to accumulate dishonest wealth.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27

Deut. 4:32-40

2 Cor. 3:1-18

Luke 16:1-9

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 36:8

[All people may] feast on the abundance of your house,
          and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

 

Deut. 4:39

So acknowledge today and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

 

2 Cor. 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

 

 Luke 16:8-9

“…And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.  And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.” [Jesus, to his disciples]


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