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**Gospel** ~ ( Luke 13:10-17) October 27, 2014**:**
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath.  And a woman was there who for eighteen years  had been crippled by a spirit;  she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.  When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,  “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”  He laid his hands on her,  and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.  But the leader of the synagogue,  indignant that Jesus had cured on the Sabbath,  said to the crowd in reply,  “There are six days when work should be done.  Come on those days to be cured, not on the Sabbath day.”  The Lord said to him in reply, “Hypocrites!  Does not each one of you on the Sabbath <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> untie his ox or his ass from the manger <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> and lead it out for watering? <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> This daughter of Abraham, <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> ought she not to have been set free on the Sabbath day <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> from this bondage?” <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Jesus cured a woman on the Sabbath day. Then the leader of the synagogue said to Jesus that nobody should work on the Sabbath day. Jesus then called him a hypocrite because even on the Sabbath day you should serve people in need and God. So Jesus asked why he shouldn't free the old woman from Satan on the Sabbath day. So in the end all those against Jesus were humiliated and the rest rejoiced over all the wonderful deeds Jesus had done. Jesus is trying to explain to use that it's okay to work on the Sabbath day as long as we are serving God and others while doing the work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Summary: **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> There could be many lessons being taught in this gospel, but only one stands out to me the most. I think Jesus is trying to say that on the Sabbath day we shouldn't work because not all work is fun. We should only have to work on something good on the Sabbath day, like how Jesus freed the old woman from Satan or serve people and God. This also would relate to us today. Most of us try and go to church every Sunday and try not to work on the Sabbath day, but all of us do a little work and it's all good work though so Jesus is okay with it because we are serving people in need and/or God. Jesus wants us to serve other people and God on the Sabbath day instead of working because that is what he tries to explain to us in the gospel. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> People can live out this message by only doing good work or serving people on the Sabbath day because Jesus approves of it.We should live through this message because the gospel above tells us that even if we aren't supposed to work on the Sabbath day, we can serve people in need and God and Jesus even did this to say it's okay. People can go to church, help out the elderly and poor, or anything that's good and serve's other people too. By doing these types of things, you are serving God and people in need.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Reflection: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Prayer: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Lord, help us do good work throughout every day. Show us how we can help serve others in need. Help us understand that serving people in need on the Sabbath is what Jesus once did. Show us different ways to help different people. Help us get through every day with a smile on our face and on others. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Amen.

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