Fix You (Matt 11:16-30)
Now I know it’s a big word but I want to help you understand the importance of "contextualising" the Gospel message. To accomplish this I am playing for you the 2005 Coldplay hit song “Fix You.” Then will tell you a story. I will bring this to relevance with today’s readings. “Fix You” is a nice song for some and others peculiar, even odd I guess. But in 2005 our daughter Paula suffered bouts of terrible headaches, migraines; stress about up-coming examinations said one doctor. I remember well a November morning standing in the courtyard at work talking to the boss and his son when the phone call came through. Our girl had been unable to sleep with these head pains and Shelley finally took her to A&E. The doctors pumped her full of pain relief but to no avail, then relenting, took her for a CT scan. There they found a unexpected mass the size of a tennis ball in the back of her head. I remember Shelley’s words over the phone, vividly, as we enjoyed the morning sun outs