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.

Lion of Judah, Root of David--Oct. 27, 2021

[From Oct. 30, 2019 archive]

 

May all the trees of the forest sing for joy

before you, Lord Jesus, for you have come,

and you are coming—Lion of Judah

and Root of David.

 

You have conquered,

and you have opened the scroll

that many peoples longed to see.

Through you, we too will see.

Blessed be your name.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134

Ezra 6:1-22 OR Lam. 2:8-15

Rev. 5:1-10

Matt. 13:10-17

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 96:12b-13a

Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
          before the LORD; for he is coming,
          for he is coming to judge the earth.

 

Ezra 6:2

But it was in Ecbatana, the capital in the province of Media, that a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.  …”

 

Rev. 5:4-5

And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.  Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep.  See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

 

Matt. 13:17

“…Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”  [Jesus, to his disciples]


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