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SUMMARY:Family Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Holy Communion for the fifth Sunday after Trinity: celebrant t
 he Revd Tola Badejo.\n\nFirst reading: Colossians 1. 15-28\nGospel: Luke 1
 0. 38-42\n\nAt first sight\, today's readings are not only unrelated in co
 ntent but utterly different in style: the passage from Colossians is a den
 sely-written theological argument about the divinity of Christ and the Gos
 pel appears to be a straightforward story about Jesus's visit to the famil
 y of Mary and Martha. Both\, however\, focus on the unique nature of Jesus
 . Paul outlines Christ's absolute identity with God - he is not in any sen
 se subordinate to God - and in the Gospel he is not merely an important vi
 sitor\, as perhaps a priest or another rabbi might have been.\n\nBoth Mary
  and Martha (along with their brother Lazarus) were beloved friends of Jes
 us\, and for this and many other reasons\, including the value placed upon
  hospitality in biblical times\, we should not see his words to Martha as 
 a sharp rebuke. They are more of a firm but gentle reminder that although 
 practical tasks are important - and the Gospels leave no doubt that practi
 cal generosity is central to Christian faith - they should never become an
  end in themselves\, or a distraction from a worshipful life. The brief st
 ory of Mary and Martha gives us a privileged insight into a private Jesus\
 , gently guiding a beloved friend back to the sense of proportion that mos
 t of us lose from time to time\; what Jesus most desires from us is not an
  elaborate meal but our careful attention.
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