An Episcopal Sermon: August 24, 2025
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Subject of Sermon: Jesus, on the sabbath day, heals a long-suffering woman from an infirmity she has had for many years.
Sermon By: The Rev. Karen Cuffie at The Episcopal Church in Almaden.
Today's Gospel Reading: Luke 13:10-17
“ Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And
just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for
eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up
straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you
are set free from your ailment." When he laid his hands on her,
immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader
of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept
saying to the crowd, "There are six days on which work ought to be done;
come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day." But the
Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on
the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away
to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom
Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the
sabbath day?" When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and
the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was
doing. ”
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