{"id":3726,"date":"2024-03-04T07:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T07:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2024-03-04T07:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T07:38:19","slug":"lent-alphabet-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3726","title":{"rendered":"Lent Alphabet (N)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. Night had fallen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These verses always chill me. I imagine a sultry night, heavy with expectation and fear. But the very next lines in the text shift the focus sharply \u2018now has the Son of man been glorified\u2019. There is no portrayal of a victim here. Jesus is in control. God\u2019s glory is to be revealed through suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now has the Son of Man been glorified,
and in him God has been glorified.
If God has been glorified in him,
God will in turn glorify him in himself,
and will glorify him very soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John’s Gospel we enter a very different literary world from that of the Synoptics. Words and themes are layered with meaning and weave in an out of the flow of the narrative. Light and darkness, day and night function on a symbolic level. Nicodemus comes at night to see Jesus. He is frightened and his visit needs the cover of darkness. In contrast, the Samaritan woman meets Jesus at midday, the hour of illumination. Judas’ betrayal also needs the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the highpoint of the liturgical year in the celebration of the Easter Vigil the Church uses light and darkness to tell the story of our salvation. Gathered in darkness around the paschal fire, we wait expectantly for that first proclamation ‘Christ Our Light’. Then when we sing the Exultet we will repeat several times ‘this is the night’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the night,
when once you led our forebears, Israel’s children,
from slavery in Egypt
and made them pass dry-shod through the Red Sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Judas, his choice to go out into the night changes the course of his life forever.
When we gather at night to celebrate the Easter Vigil we renew our choice to put our full trust in God, who through his Son, changes night to day and darkness to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judas stood at a threshold, he made a choice.
Have there been threshold moments for you this Lent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(John 13:21-33,36-38, Tuesday, Holy Week)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. Night had fallen. These verses always chill me. I imagine a sultry night, heavy with expectation and fear. But the very next lines in the text shift the focus sharply \u2018now has the Son of man been glorified\u2019. There is no portrayal … <\/p>\n

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