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SUMMARY:Holy Communion and Junior Church
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DESCRIPTION:Holy Communion for the Third Sunday of Easter: celebrant the R
 evd Tola Badejo. Junior Church takes place at the same time in the hall.\n
 \nFirst reading: Acts 9. 1 – 20\nGospel: John 21. 1– 19\n\nToday's rea
 dings are both about encounters with the risen Christ\, one by a professed
  enemy of his followers\, the other by his closest friends. The passage fr
 om Acts\, which tells of the beginning of Saul's conversion into Paul\, do
 es not really explain Saul's motives: perhaps\, angry and disappointed tha
 t Jesus was not the Messiah he expected\, and concerned that the followers
  of Jesus will cause pointless trouble between Jews and Romans\, he is det
 ermined to break up their movement before it becomes established. The dram
 atic episode in which he sees a blinding light and hears the voice of Jesu
 s marks the point at which he recognises that his previous certainty had b
 een misplaced\, and his life and beliefs are completely transformed. In Ca
 ravaggio's famous painting in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo\, Saul'
 s face reflects the light while his arms are thrown open\, as if to welcom
 e a much-loved friend. (The whole painting is shown in the attachment bene
 ath.) \n\nCompared to the events of Paul's conversion\, the scene in the G
 ospel is ordinary\; just a normal (and unsuccessful) night at work for som
 e Galilean fishermen\, which ends in a way that is simultaneously miraculo
 us (in that they meet the risen Christ) and entirely normal (Jesus gets th
 eir breakfast for them). Like Saul\, the disciples have to re-think their 
 previous understanding of reality\; also like Paul\, Peter has great and c
 hallenging responsibilities placed upon him.
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