Reading
“The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” (RSV) Psalm 118.22-23
(See also Matthew.21-42 & Ephesians 2.20)
Reflection
I’d always imagined this stone to be a foundation stone, laid as buildings begin to take shape. But Paul and Matthew both give me the image of a final testing stone that either completes the structure or brings it crashing down.
To be built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, I am led to reflect:
Whose are the lives I am building my own life on?
And to stand ready to be brought crashing down and reshaped by the Christ who comes
Prayer
‘O Christ, the master carpenter
who at the last
through wood and nails
purchased our whole salvation
wield well your tools
in the workshop of your world
so that we
who come rough-hewn to your bench
may here be fashioned
to a truer beauty of your hand.’
(Prayer of the Iona Community)
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