This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news:
Bolt’s victory brings pride and joy to Jamaica 
Psalm 92
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.
1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
2 to declare your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,
3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.
4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
5 How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!
6 The dullard cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:
7 though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction for ever,
8 but you, O Lord, will thrust them down for ever.
9 For your enemies, O Lord, shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me* fresh oil.
11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.
12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,
15 showing that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
cedar in Lebanon 1500 years old and still green
This is a beautiful psalm of trust and confidence. Evil people may seem to flourish but they are ultimately doomed; whereas righteous people grow fruitfully; their lives do not dry up in old age but remain green and full of sap. I’ve observed this distinction. I’ve seen greedy, selfish people become malevolent husks of humanity in old age, without love from friends or family; and I’ve seen good people who retained sweetness of character and the joy of loving companionship until death, even when their years brought disappointment or suffering.
The words of praise in this psalm are balanced and meaningful. I particularly like: “to declare your lovingkindness in the morning; and your faithfuness by night” Lovingkindness is the Hebrew Chesed, referring to the love with which God espouses his people as in a marriage covenant; while faithfulness is Hebrew Emunah (linked to “Amen”) referring to the faithfulness with which God keeps his love-covenant. The day begins with the promise of love and ends with its fulfillment.
John 2:2-12
2Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.3When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’4And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’5His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’6Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.7Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim.8He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it.9When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom10and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’11Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they remained there for a few days. 
This passage might almost be a narrative commentary on the biblical concepts of lovingkindness and faithfulness. The wedding scene reminds the reader that God is the true bridegroom of the people. He has shown faithfulness and his people have responded faithfully in their commitment to Torah (represented by the water jars). But now in Jesus Messiah the bridegroom has come in person to offer a covenant of more abundant life and love (represented by the water-become-wine). Truly God has kept the good wine to the last; his faithfulness at night is even greater than his lovingkindness in the morning. The other gospels also give us the image of wine as a metaphor for the life Jesus brings-in their case, it is new wine, which may burst out of the old wine skins. The meaning is the same: what has been promised in the old covenant with Israel is fulfilled for all humanity through Jesus. Christian communities that use the image of Jesus’ way as wine are more attractive than those for whom that would seem frivolous.
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