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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE \nFrom a commentary by St Augustine \n◊◊◊ \nJacob the Patriarch set a stone under his head and while he slept he saw \nthe heavens open and a ladder stretching from heaven to earth\, and angels \nascending and descending. After seeing this\, he woke up\, anointed the stone\, \nand departed. In this stone he understood Christ\, that is why he anointed it. And \nthis was done symbolically\, and then he left. For he did not anoint the stone\, and \nkeep going back there to worship\, and to offer sacrifices there. \nWhat happened was this: expression was given to a mystery. Take a look \nat the stone: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief \ncornerstone. And it is because Christ is the head of man that the stone is placed \nat the head. Take note of this great symbol: the stone is Christ. A living stone\, \nsays Peter\, rejected by mankind\, but chosen by God. And the stone is at the \nhead\, because Christ is the head of the man. And the stone is anointed because \nthe name Christ derives from anointing. \nAnd as Christ unfolds this picture\, a ladder is seen\, from earth to heaven\, \nor from heaven to earth\, and angels ascending and descending. What this is all \nabout we shall see better when we have look at the Lord’s words in the Gospel. \nYou know that Jacob himself is Israel. When the Lord saw Nathaniel in the \nGospel\, he said: Behold\, here is a true Israelite\, in whom there is no guile. This is \nthe sort of language that was used about Jacob himself: And Jacob was free from \nguile and he lived at home. The Lord called Nathaniel an Israelite in whom there \nwas no guile because of Jacob. \nAnd Nathaniel said: How do you know me? And the Lord said: When you \nwere beneath the fig tree I saw you. This means\, when you were within the \nJewish people and under the Law\, which covered over that people with a bodily \nshadow\, that is where I saw you. And Nathaniel made his confession and said: \nYou are the Son of God\, you are the king of Israel. And the Lord said: It is \nbecause I saw you under the fig tree that you have believed. You shall see things \ngreater than these. He is speaking with Israel\, with Jacob\, with the one who \nplaced a stone under his head. \nWhat greater things? The fact that already that stone is by the head: Truly \nI tell you\, you shall see the heavens open\, and the angels of God ascending and \ndescending on the Son of Man. Let God’s angels ascend and descend on that \nladder. Let this happen in the Church. God’s angels are heralds of the truth\, let \nthem ascend and see: In the beginning was the Word\, and the Word was with \nGod\, and God was the Word. Let the angels descend and see that\, The Word \nbecame flesh and dwelt among us.
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