{"id":2633,"date":"2023-03-20T06:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T06:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2025-03-19T06:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:49:27","slug":"st-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2633","title":{"rendered":"St Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harvest-Festival-2020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harvest-Festival-2020-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2634\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Sam 7:4-5, 12-14,16<br>Matthew 1:16, 18-21,24 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We step off the Lenten path to celebrate the Feast of St Joseph. Unlike other saints in our calendar, we have no dates of his birth or death, whether from history or folklore. But what we do have is his silent belief in God\u2019s promise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first reading from 2 Samuel reminds us of a turning point in Israel&#8217;s history. Up until this point God\u2019s promises have been conditional, but now the dynasty is guaranteed in perpetuity. None of this is David\u2019s doing. David is to be bound in relationship to the Lord: \u2018I will be a father to him and he a son to me.\u2019 The tender language of father and son always strikes me. God\u2019s covenant is not a legal contract, but a relationship of love. As the story of salvation unfolds there are many falls from grace along the way. God\u2019s promise remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Joseph enters the story of our salvation. He is perhaps the archetypal silent man. All that he needs to know God coveys to him in a dream. Dreams are sometimes spoken of as God\u2019s forgotten language. Paying attention to our dreams is writ through our spiritual DNA. So many key biblical characters come close to God and God\u2019s will through their visions and dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay attention to your dreams this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is God speaking to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Sam 7:4-5, 12-14,16Matthew 1:16, 18-21,24 We step off the Lenten path to celebrate the Feast of St Joseph. Unlike other saints in our calendar, we have no dates of his birth or death, whether from history or folklore. But what we do have is his silent belief in God\u2019s promise. The first reading from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2633\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;St Joseph&#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-2633","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\/2633","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=2633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4485,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633\/revisions\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}