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SUMMARY:Family Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Family Communion for the tenth Sunday after Trinity: celebrant
  the Revd Tola Badejo.\n\nFirst reading: Jeremiah 1. 4 - 10\nGospel: Luke 
 13. 10 - 17\n\nBrunel famously said that 'Rules are for the obedience of f
 ools and the guidance of wise men'\; he meant that\, while rules are neces
 sary and helpful in any aspect of life\, it is important to understand why
  they were created and in what circumstances a 'rule' might be set aside. 
 The religious leaders who criticised Jesus for healing on the Sabbath were
  wrong on many levels: they contradicted traditional Jewish teaching about
  giving help on the Sabbath\; they hypocritically ignored their own readin
 ess to perform necessary tasks on that day\; and\, above all\, they tried 
 to use the God-given law as a weapon to catch Jesus out\, emphasising its 
 letter and completely disregarding its spirit. This contrast of letter and
  spirit is illustrated in the image above from the 'Ottheinreich Bible'\, 
 an illuminated manuscript containing an early translation of the New Testa
 ment into German. The crippled woman kneels between Jesus and his follower
 s on the left\, all adorned with vivid haloes\, and his halo-less opponent
 s on the right. The magnificent illuminations from this manuscript are fre
 ely available online\, and a link through the Library of Congress in Washi
 ngton is given in 'More Info' below.\n\nSome rules are carefully drawn up\
 ; others are more like guidelines drawn from general experience. The Old T
 estament reading shows God defying expectation (and in that sense breaking
  a kind of 'rule') by entrusting the young Jeremiah ('only a boy') with th
 e role of prophet.
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LOCATION:Kidbrooke\, St Nicholas
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