{"id":1517,"date":"2022-04-05T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T15:48:00","slug":"tuesday-fifth-week-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, Fifth Week of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/164495536_10158161485715098_4198232203041537763_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/164495536_10158161485715098_4198232203041537763_n-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not always easy to think yourself into the mindset of those who set themselves against Jesus in the Gospels. We\u2019ve heard the texts for years and through our baptism we are fully committed to Jesus. We have no other frame of reference. The Pharisees are studiers of the Law in all its beauty and power. They want to see the way ahead, but just can\u2019t. They take Jesus literally when he speaks. This isn\u2019t quite enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our Gospel today Jesus changes tack and speaks of his relationship with his Father. In the most intimate of language we hear that Jesus and the Father are one and that Jesus does \u2018what pleases him.\u2019 The Pharisees still can\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I hear the phrase &#8216;I do always what pleases him\u2019, my heart sinks a little. This sounds like a very hard thing. The Jesuits have a helpful way of looking at this and speak of \u2018wanting to want what God wants\u2019. I can manage this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you hear Jesus\u2019 words?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not always easy to think yourself into the mindset of those who set themselves against Jesus in the Gospels. We\u2019ve heard the texts for years and through our baptism we are fully committed to Jesus. We have no other frame of reference. The Pharisees are studiers of the Law in all its beauty and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1517\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tuesday, Fifth Week of Lent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}