Cornerstone - Rev. Fr. Vijay Thomas

Is Jesus Still Remarkable? Returning to Routine with Christ as the Cornerstone As summer ends and September routines return, the speaker asks whether Jesus Christ also returns to a normal place in our schedules—and whether we still remember who we are praying to. Reflecting on the Gospel where Nazareth rejects Jesus as merely “the carpenter’s son,” he warns that familiarity can make Christ seem unremarkable and cause people to stop seeing His power. Drawing from 1 Peter 2 and 1 Corinthians, he explains Jesus as the chief cornerstone on which our lives—family, career, reputation, and faith—must be built to withstand life’s floods and earthquakes. Christ’s true power is love (sneham): even when rejected, He still healed. The message calls listeners to receive Christ in the Qurbana, pray personally and as a family, and live each day grounded in His enduring love.