"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (Psalm 118:22 & Matthew 21:42). I heard this line read during mass this past Sunday. The line is from Matthew, but long before Matthew it was in the Psalms--the great continuity between Judaism and Christianity!
The line makes me think of my Irish and German ancestors: the poor of County Cork Ireland and of the Rhine/Alsace region of Germany. My family may not exactly be the cornerstone of Ohio, of America. But we are significant contributors to this land. America was built by the "rejected"--the poor, the refugees, the hungry, even at times the banished, the accused. And yes, the enslaved.
What an astonishing thing! The stone the builder rejected has become the cornerstone!
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