{"id":3412,"date":"2023-12-15T06:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2023-12-15T06:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:48:52","slug":"advent-alphabet-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3412","title":{"rendered":"Advent Alphabet (M)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mountain.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mountain-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MOUNTAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Come, let us go up to the<br>MOUNTAIN of the Lord,<br>to the Temple of the God of Jacob<br>that he may teach us his ways<br>so that we may walk in his paths&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening chapters of Isaiah we find ourselves invited to &#8216;go up to the mountain of the Lord&#8217;. Mountains for Isaiah are metaphors and symbols of God&#8217;s promises. Isaiah&#8217;s world was chaotic, unjust and under constant threat of war. Into this world Isaiah speaks words of hope and a vision of unity. The mountain stands for a world that is better, where justice flourishes and there is no need for war. This mountain is Jerusalem, beloved city and place of holiness and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Isaiah, the secret to the peace and unity promised for those who make the journey up to the mountain of the Lord is the keeping of God&#8217;s law, Torah. This is where their hope lies. When they truly walk in God&#8217;s ways war will no longer be a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As war rages in Ukraine and bitter conflict continues between Hamas and Israel, we need a vision of peace more than ever. We can hold onto Isaiah&#8217;s hope that one day war will no longer be a possibility, while at the same time feeling helpless in the face of such endemic conflict. Our faith teaches us that every small act that fosters peace is not lost. God can use it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you foster peace in your family, workplace, community this Advent? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Monday, Week One, Isaiah 2:1-5)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNTAIN Come, let us go up to theMOUNTAIN of the Lord,to the Temple of the God of Jacobthat he may teach us his waysso that we may walk in his paths&#8230; In the opening chapters of Isaiah we find ourselves invited to &#8216;go up to the mountain of the Lord&#8217;. Mountains for Isaiah are metaphors &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Advent Alphabet (M)&#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-3412","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\/3412","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=3412"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3525,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3412\/revisions\/3525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}