Jesus is the stone rejected by the builders, and He has become the cornerstone.
Readings: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18
Calvary, where Christ died on the Cross, in the Holy Scepluchre Church in Jerusalem
The rock of Calvary is visible through the glass casing
Photo taken in January 2017
Below is a related article that was written for the bulletin.
Stone Rejected by the Builders
In our first reading (Acts
4:8-12), and in our responsorial psalm we hear:
The stone rejected by the builders
has become the cornerstone. Jesus Christ
is the cornerstone of our faith and He was rejected by the Jewish leaders who
are the builders of the faith community.
This reality has even greater meaning if you know
that Calvary, where Jesus was crucified, was an old rock quarry. The stone from the quarry was rejected by the
local builders. Parts of the quarry were
used as vegetable gardens. Other parts
were used as family tombs, because the rock was easy to carve a tomb out of
it. Part of the quarry had the
appearance of a skull and there was a hill there, which became a popular place
for Romans to execute people.
Jesus was rejected and through His death, He
destroyed death. He was buried nearby in
a tomb. And like the plants in the
garden, He too rose out from the ground to the new life of the Resurrection.
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land can certainly help you
deepen your faith by learning more about the places where the events in the
Bible took place. Brochures about the
parish pilgrimage in February 2019 are available at the rectory.
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