Friday, March 5, 2010

Homily – March 5, 2010 – Second Week of Lent - Friday

+ Our readings today speak of heirs and killing; deception and plotting. The brothers of Joseph plot and plan to kill him because he is their father's favorite. Although they did not stand to gain anything here, they would be satisfied in ridding the family of the dreamer who was the father's favored son. But, one of the brother's took advantage of a situation that occurred at the moment and persuaded the brothers to sell Joseph to a caravan of Ishmaelites passing by on their way to Egypt. The brothers agreed and Joseph was spared being thrown into a cistern: he was sold for twenty pieces of silver. This, of course, on this Friday of Lent, is reminiscent of Jesus who would be sold by a brother, friend, and disciple, for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus, who also appeared to be, by many, a master dreamer: speaking of a spiritual kingdom that required its members to live in a way contrary to worldly standards and principles.

The gospel passage itself speaks of Jesus, in the parable, as the son of the tenant farmer who would be plotted against and labeled for death, and no one would come to his defense: the seemingly ordinary and even substandard stone (that he was considered to be) would be rejected by the builders: but in the end it would become the cornerstone: the stone of great price and value in the building of the new kingdom of God!

On this day of Lent, let us focus on the cornerstone, focus on Jesus, focus on his victory over those who planned and plotted against him. The same victory is ours if we unite ourselves with his sufferings, his pain and his sorrow.

God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son; so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life!

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