What a strange week it’s been! World news, Libya and finding Gaddafii. Events in the city of London, protesters at St Paul’s saw the cathedral closed for the first time since the Blitz.
What is going on?
Whatever you may think about Libya, the country will now face a future, and with determination to get things right. One of the first things they will look at is the laws and rules of the country. More often than once has a country found itself free, but before long civil uprising has started.
Laws and rules are there to make society a better place.
Protesters at St Paul’s, especially interesting. They’re a peaceful group and seem to have done nothing about breaking any laws, they just want the position to be heard. I think you have to give space for people to be able to make a stand.
In Matthew 22:34 – end, Jesus is questioned by a lawyer about the greatest commandments.
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
Jesus replies immediately, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind, this is the first and the greatest commandment. And a second is like it, you shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Even for today, these two commandments form the basis of all the laws. For laws are there to follow and in any society they form the backbone of the moral and ethical rules. They reflect our inner call of love and understanding for others.
Sermon for this week has more….
Revd Sue Martin
St Nicholas Church Gayton
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