{"id":3330,"date":"2023-12-09T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2023-12-09T07:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T07:22:38","slug":"advent-alphabet-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3330","title":{"rendered":"Advent Alphabet (G)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Glory.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Glory-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3331\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GLORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Prologue of John&#8217;s Gospel we find the themes of Life, Light, Love and Glory poetically woven together. It&#8217;s hard to separate one from the other. As the Gospel unfolds John shows us that Christ&#8217;s glory is revealed through the &#8216;signs&#8217; (miracles) he performs. Glory is as much about doing as it is about being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can follow the theme of glory through salvation history. It is there in an implicit form in Genesis in God&#8217;s creative acts and the refrain that God sees that is  &#8216;good&#8217; and &#8216;very good&#8217;. That we are made in God&#8217;s image means that we are created to bear and reflect that glory. In Advent our focus sharpens and we hear through the prophecies of Isaiah how God&#8217;s glory is revealed.  God promises Judah a glorious return, with every mountain laid low and every valley exalted. The Israelites are caught up in the glory of God&#8217;s saving actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we saw his GLORY, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a touchstone text of our faith. However our path has been shaped, whichever spirituality has drawn and shaped us, we are invited to be open to God&#8217;s glory and live lives that reflect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you name people in your own life who reflect God&#8217;s glory?<br>Thank God for them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(John 1:1-18, Christmas Day)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLORY In the Prologue of John&#8217;s Gospel we find the themes of Life, Light, Love and Glory poetically woven together. It&#8217;s hard to separate one from the other. As the Gospel unfolds John shows us that Christ&#8217;s glory is revealed through the &#8216;signs&#8217; (miracles) he performs. Glory is as much about doing as it is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advent Alphabet (G)&#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-3330","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\/3330","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=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3510,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}