{"id":2850,"date":"2023-05-03T05:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2023-05-03T05:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:56:07","slug":"saints-philip-and-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"Saints Philip and James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/I-am-the-Way-the-Truth-and-the-Life.-1024x576-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/I-am-the-Way-the-Truth-and-the-Life.-1024x576-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John 14:6-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018I am the Way, the Truth and the Life\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you Google this famous quotation you\u2019ll get quite a few pictures of roads and paths. It is the easiest of the three concepts to illustrate. We know where we are with a clear path. When Jesus says he is the Way we have a reasonable idea of what this means. The earliest followers of Jesus were called followers of \u2018The Way\u2019. Implicit in this is word is the idea that every part of your life is orientated to Christ. Christ informs the manner of your life, the choices you make and the company you keep. It\u2019s a whole package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a lyrical flourish in the Prologue to his Rule St Benedict too uses the image of a path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;As we progress in this way of life and in faith, we shall run on the path of God\u2019s commands, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love.&#8217; <\/strong>(Rule of Saint Benedict, Prologue v 49)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a grand vision, but one which is certainly worth the effort. The whole of the Rule could be understood as guidelines for expanding the heart and growth in love. St Benedict knows that it won\u2019t be easy and that we are bound to stumble. One of the ways in which the monastic is strengthened for running on the path is by learning to listen to God, to the superior and to others in community. This three-fold listening is how St Benedict understands obedience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disciples too are being schooled in love and obedience. Philip\u2019s plea: \u2018Let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied\u2019 comes from the deep desire to understand what Christ is saying and to follow him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you follow Christ more closely today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 14:6-14 \u2018I am the Way, the Truth and the Life\u2019 If you Google this famous quotation you\u2019ll get quite a few pictures of roads and paths. It is the easiest of the three concepts to illustrate. We know where we are with a clear path. When Jesus says he is the Way we have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2850\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saints Philip and James&#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-2850","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\/2850","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=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}