The crowd replied ‘You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?’
Jesus replied : ‘ I did one thing, and you all are amazed because of it.
Moses gave you circumcision – not that it came from Moses, but the Patriarchs
– and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a whole man healthy on the Sabbath?
Do not judge by first impressions, but judge with right judgement.’
Be thou a bright flame before me,
Be thou a guiding star above me
Be thou a smooth path below me
Be thou a kindly shepherd behind me
Today – tonight -forever
Amen.
St Columba