{"id":3203,"date":"2023-08-27T05:43:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T05:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2023-08-27T05:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T05:43:10","slug":"twenty-first-sunday-in-ordinary-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3203","title":{"rendered":"Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-I-now-say-to-you-You-are-Peter-and-on-this-rock-I-will-build-my-Church.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/So-I-now-say-to-you-You-are-Peter-and-on-this-rock-I-will-build-my-Church-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3209\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 16:13-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole of Scripture charts the call of God and humanity&#8217;s response. We see this in the major events that shaped the faith of the people of Israel. God&#8217;s plan inches forward, with many twists and turns along the way. At every turn God waits for a response. Everything is played out through relationship.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today&#8217;s Gospel text the story of our salvation reaches another milestone.  It&#8217;s  from a place of real relationship that Jesus asks Peter one of the most poignant questions in the Gospels:<br><strong>\u2018But you,\u2019 he said \u2018who do you say I am?\u2019 Then Simon Peter spoke up, \u2018You are the Christ,\u2019 he said, \u2018the Son of the living God.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one sentence we see the depth of Peter&#8217;s relationship with Jesus. Jesus acknowledges this relationship with words that affirm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biblical scholars refer to this text as the Primacy of Peter and much theological discourse is built around these verses. In my own mind I have reframed this text as the Primacy of Relationship. Peter stands for each one of us. We can each stand where Peter stands and hear these challenging and affirming words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God builds the Kingdom, of which the Church is a part, with the fabric of our lives. Nothing is wasted. Each courageous act, each faltering yes, God will take and use.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you live the values of the Kingdom this week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 16:13-20 The whole of Scripture charts the call of God and humanity&#8217;s response. We see this in the major events that shaped the faith of the people of Israel. God&#8217;s plan inches forward, with many twists and turns along the way. At every turn God waits for a response. Everything is played out through &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3203\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time&#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-3203","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\/3203","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=3203"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}