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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:CHRIST THE CORNERSTONE \nBy Dom Damasus Winzen2 \n◊◊◊ \nStone is firm and lasting. Builders test their stones\, selecting the most \nsolid for foundations on which to rear the whole building\, for cornerstones to \nhold the wall together\, or for headstones which will lock into a single mass the \nentire structure. Stone likewise offers firm resistance to the thrust of an enemy; \nit will crush him upon whom it falls; it will bruise those who fall against it. \nGod is the “Stone of Israel”\, because he is a God of truth and his mercies \nendure forever. His faithfulness towards his people is the firm and precious \ncornerstone which is laid in Zion. In Christ Jesus\, God’s loyalty becomes \nmanifest. He is the stone that the leaders of Israel rejected when they crucified \nhim… He became the cornerstone when he rose from the dead. When we try to \npenetrate into the meaning of the symbolism of the cornerstone\, we discover \nthat various ideas are fused in this picture. The idea of the foundation stone is \nclearly expressed in Isaiah: Thus says the Lord God: behold I laid in Zion for a \nfoundation a stone\, a tried stone\, a precious cornerstone\, a sure foundation: \nhe that believes shall not make haste. Christ is the foundation stone\, for \nanother foundation no one can lay but that which is laid\, which is Christ Jesus. \nHe alone has wrought our redemption by dying for us and rising for us. We \ndepend entirely on his work and on his strength. The Hebrew word used in \nPsalm 117\, rosch pinnah — still surviving in our word “pinnacle” — has been \ntranslated in various ways as “head of the corner\,” “cornerstone\,” or “head \nstone.” The idea of the cornerstone implies that Christ is a part of the \nfoundation\, but its most important\, visible part\, the part which binds the walls. \nThis is true of Christ\, because in him the two walls of God and mankind\, of the \nJews and the Gentiles\, and the Old and the New Testament meet… \nIn recent years\, more and more scholars agree that rosch pinnah is rather \nthe head stone\, or capstone\, which holds a vault or arch together. The Risen \nSavior is indeed the headstone of the spiritual Temple in which the whole \nbuilding culminates\, which holds it together and defines its design. This three- \nfold meaning of Christ as the cornerstone is well expressed by Cynewulf in his \npoem “Christ.”… \nThou art the wall stone \nthat the workers once threw out from the work\, \nwell it becomes thee that thou be head \nof a mighty hall and weld together \nits wide walls in fast union\, \nFlint unbreakable\, that throughout earth’s dwelling \nall that have eyes may wonder ever more\, \nO Lord of glory.
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