{"id":2585,"date":"2023-03-18T06:50:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T06:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2023-03-18T06:54:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T06:54:09","slug":"saturday-in-the-third-week-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2585","title":{"rendered":"Saturday in the Third Week of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/What-am-I-to-do-with-you-Ephraim-What-am-I-to-do-with-you-Judah-This-love-of-yours-is-like-a-morning-cloud-like-the-dew-that-quickly-disaapears..png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/What-am-I-to-do-with-you-Ephraim-What-am-I-to-do-with-you-Judah-This-love-of-yours-is-like-a-morning-cloud-like-the-dew-that-quickly-disaapears.-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2586\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hosea 5:15-6:6<br>Luke 18:9-14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prophets were all called to deliver challenging messages to people who found themselves in crisis. It was largely a crisis of faith. One question occupied the hearts and minds of the people: Has God abandoned us? As political alliances failed and the prospect of exile loomed, Hosea speaks to the injustices present in daily life and worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His message is uncompromising, but there is always a glimmer of hope. God promises to be faithful and that he will come to their aid is <strong>\u2018as certain as the dawn.\u2019 <\/strong>Israel has its part to play. The covenantal relationship relies on their co-operation. It relies on a type of love that is deep and true. But Israel is half hearted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What am I to do with you, Ephraim?<br>What am I to do with you, Judah?<br>This love of yours is like a morning cloud, <br>like the dew that quickly disappears.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s all too easy to become half-hearted about so many things in our lives. Lent offers us the opportunity to look closely at our hearts. The promise of the dawn is God&#8217;s pledge that all we most deeply need and desire is held in his love. For those places in our lives where love seems to quickly disappear, Lent offers the chance to change our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is God calling you to deepen your love this Lent? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosea 5:15-6:6Luke 18:9-14 The prophets were all called to deliver challenging messages to people who found themselves in crisis. It was largely a crisis of faith. One question occupied the hearts and minds of the people: Has God abandoned us? As political alliances failed and the prospect of exile loomed, Hosea speaks to the injustices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday in the Third 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-2585","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\/2585","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=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}