1 Peter 2:1-10 (NRSV)
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Chapter 2Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Verse 2Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation- Verse 3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Verse 4Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God's sight, and Verse 5like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Verse 6For it stands in scripture: "See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Verse 7To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner," Verse 8and "A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. Verse 9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Verse 10Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Devotion
Stones, rocks, cornerstones … today’s reading is filled with them! We are told they are not just stones—they are living stones. Christ is our living stone, our rock of salvation, the one on whom we built our church. In the last verses, we are commissioned as people of God to “proclaim the mighty acts of the one who called us out of night into God’s marvelous light.” (verse 9) This is quite an important task especially as we enter into Holy Week. What is the marvelous light in your life? How is Christ the living stone for you?
Prayer
Blessed be the rock, the living stone, the marvelous light and may the God of our salvation be exalted! Amen.