{"id":3972,"date":"2024-04-14T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T05:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3972"},"modified":"2024-04-14T05:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T05:48:10","slug":"third-sunday-of-easter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3972","title":{"rendered":"Third Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/He-then-opened-their-minds-to-understand-the-scriptures-and-he-said-to-them-\u2018So-you-see-how-it-is-written-that-the-Christ-would-suffer-and-on-the-third-day-rise-from-the-dead-and-that-in-his-n.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/He-then-opened-their-minds-to-understand-the-scriptures-and-he-said-to-them-\u2018So-you-see-how-it-is-written-that-the-Christ-would-suffer-and-on-the-third-day-rise-from-the-dead-and-that-in-his-n-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3973\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luke 24:35-48<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always struck by the ways in which the Risen Christ reassures his disciples. By the tomb he asks Mary why she is weeping and then calls her by by name. On the road to Emmaus he walks alongside his disciples and asks them why they are downcast. At Tiberias he invites them to breakfast when they have had a disappointing night trying to catch fish. In the Upper Room he comes among his disciples wishing them peace and urging them not to be afraid. These are all things that seem human and natural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Risen Christ also does something that will feed their spirits: &#8216;he then opened their minds to understand the scriptures&#8217;. There is so much to ponder here. As on the road to Emmaus, I imagine the disciples&#8217; hearts burning within them. There is nothing more precious than suddenly understanding something with your head, heart and soul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding the Scriptures is something which I consider to be my life&#8217;s work in the monastery. The rhythm of the Liturgy of the Hours means that there are short passages that I almost know by heart. At Mass we have the Sunday and Weekday cycles and at Office of Readings we hear whole books of Scripture. Little by little my heart and mind are being opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you open yourself to the Scriptures this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 24:35-48 I am always struck by the ways in which the Risen Christ reassures his disciples. By the tomb he asks Mary why she is weeping and then calls her by by name. On the road to Emmaus he walks alongside his disciples and asks them why they are downcast. At Tiberias he invites &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3972\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Third Sunday of Easter&#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-3972","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\/3972","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=3972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3975,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3972\/revisions\/3975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}