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.

Not Ashamed?--May 26, 2022

[From May 25, 2006 archive]

 

Jesus, you have been given

all authority in heaven and earth—

dominion and glory and kingship,

an everlasting dominion

that shall not pass away or be destroyed.

 

Your authority comes from God,

who is high above all nations,

and whose glory is above the heavens.

How is it, Jesus, that you are not ashamed

to call us brothers and sisters?

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113

Dan. 7:9-14

Heb. 2:5-18

Matt. 28:16-20

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 113:4

The LORD is high above all nations,

            and his glory above the heavens.

 

Dan. 7:14

To him was given dominion 

and glory and kingship,

that all peoples, nations, and languages

            should serve him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion

            that shall not pass away,

and his kingship is one 

            that shall not be destroyed.

 

Heb. 2:11

For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.  For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters…

 

Matt. 28:18

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  …”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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