10/01/11

Lectio: Mt 21.33-43

“Jesus said to them,’Did you never read in scriptures, (Ps 118.22, 23) ‘The stone that the builders rejected, has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done and it is wonderful in our eyes’?” Mt 21.42

“O God, despite our depravities, You continue to show us mercy.

I remember Jesus told a parable in which the tenants of a vineyard killed those whom the owner sent to obtain His share of the produce and even killed his son. Yet Your Son would rise from the dead and He is the very source of our salvation - How merciful of You!

Grant that I may be ever grateful for Your great kindness and merciful love - a love that is Your free gift to us.

I ask this of You who lives and reigns with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever. Amen.

Operatio: Reflect on “cornerstone” - it is the key component of a structure; it is the sign of our spiritual rock; it is a sign of the resurrected Christ through whom we have salivation and everlasting life. It is the reason that we should be most grateful for God’s kindness and mercy to us.

Tomorrow’s readings: Lk 10.25-37