Not long ago the Bishop was here for a confirmation service.  The Old Testament read that evening was from the book of Jeremiah, chapter 31.  In verses 31 & 32, this is what was read aloud: “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.  It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I