THE STONE REJECTED

PRAYER PAUSE

Friday 17 March 2017, St Patrick

THE STONE REJECTED

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The stone rejected by the builders became the keystone. (Matt 21:33-46)

Reflection. St Patrick of Ireland wrote in his Confessions that he was a stone hidden and stuck in the mud but God plucked him out and set him on the top of the wall. Joseph, the first one – in the book of Genesis (37) - was rejected by his brothers out of jealousy and became the means of their survival as a family and a nation in Egypt. And Jesus uses this image of himself, “It is the stone rejected by the builders that became the keystone and it is wonderful to see.” And so it continues in our unfolding history. It is the poor, the weak, the hospitalised, the migrants and the prisoners who are “precious in his eyes.”

Prayer. Lord, may we see with your eyes. May we value those you value. May we learn that it is in being poor in spirit that we come close to you and to one another. Amen.