PRAYER PAUSE
Monday, 5 June 2017, Boniface of
Germany
THE KEYSTONE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “It is the stone rejected bythe
builders that became the keystone.” (Mark 12:1-12).
Reflection. We return to “ordinary” time after
the exalted thoughts of the Ascension and Pentecost. We land in the midst of
Jesus’ public life and find him telling the story of the vineyard. The tenants
reject the approaches of the owners and maltreat them, finally killing his own
son. The implication was clear to the Jews listening and to the early Church
who recorded it, but we can miss the impact in our own situation today. Who are
the “key” people in our community, our society? Who are those who can change
our hearts from hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. For example, comfortable Europe was
shocked by the flood of migrants. Some reacted generously, others built walls.
That may be far away but there are those we meet each day whom we can “reject”
while they in fact have a message for us.
Prayer. Lord, help us to open our hearts
to those we would not naturally welcome. Amen.
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