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Easter Season · Second Sunday of Easter · Year C

Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150

The Stone the Builders Rejected

April 23, 2028

Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari
Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari, c. 1535Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
A cupola at Saronno crowded with angels playing more than fifty different instruments, painted so accurately that it is used as evidence for how Renaissance instruments were held.Praise him with trumpet, lute and harp: the psalm lists instruments, and Ferrari answers with every one he could find.Gaudenzio FerrariA painter and sculptor of Lombardy (c. 1471-1546), who worked on the great pilgrimage sites of the Alpine foothills and is valued now as much by musicologists as by art historians.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, SaronnoA pilgrimage sanctuary north of Milan, whose domes were frescoed by Gaudenzio Ferrari and Bernardino Luini.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 20:19-31Jn 20:19-31
EpistleRev. 1:4-8Rev 1:4-8
Old TestamentActs 5:27-32
PsalterPs. 118:14-29Ps 118:14-29 orPs. 150Ps 150

Overview & Insights

"The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone." (Psalm 118:22)

The psalmist testifies that the Lord has become salvation and strength after chastening, turning what was rejected into the very cornerstone of a new day the Lord has made. The psalm closes as it began, calling the assembly to give thanks because God's steadfast love endures forever.

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Commentary

Commentary on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24Commentary on Ps 118:1-2, 14-24 Working Preacher

Reads the psalm's rejected-stone imagery as the church's Easter song.

Psalm 118Ps 118 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the psalm of victory.

Psalm 118:14Ps 118:14 BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse from this section of the psalm.

Psalm 118Ps 118 StudyLight

An older, close reading of the psalm's thanksgiving and the rejected stone.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 118, patristic commentaryPs 118, patristic commentary Catena

Patristic commentary gathered verse by verse, long read as a psalm of the resurrection.

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