{"id":4067,"date":"2024-05-09T05:36:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T05:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2024-05-09T05:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T05:38:43","slug":"ascension-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4067","title":{"rendered":"Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Go-therefore-make-disciples-of-all-the-nations-baptise-them-in-the-name-of-the-Father-and-of-the-Son-and-of-the-Holy-Spirit-and-teach-them-to-observe-all-the-commands-I-gave-you.-And-k.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Copy-of-Go-therefore-make-disciples-of-all-the-nations-baptise-them-in-the-name-of-the-Father-and-of-the-Son-and-of-the-Holy-Spirit-and-teach-them-to-observe-all-the-commands-I-gave-you.-And-k-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4068\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mark 16: 15-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go out to the whole world;<br>proclaim the Good News to all creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginnings and endings matter a great deal in so many areas of our lives. In literature and theatre we are keenly aware of the power of the beginning and ending of a work. Some stories end with all the ends neatly tied up, but others can leave us with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark&#8217;s Gospel begins starkly and ends starkly. There&#8217;s no gentle lead in with stories of angels and shepherds. The Jesus of Mark&#8217;s Gospel comes to us as an adult ready to begin his public ministry. He is signed and sealed by his baptism in the Jordan and sets out on his public ministry with his Father&#8217;s affirmation: &#8216;You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark&#8217;s Gospel almost has a breathlessness about it. Everything happens &#8216;at once&#8217; and &#8216;immediately&#8217;. In the final verses which form our Gospel for Ascension a great deal is packed into a few sentences. Jesus has fulfilled his mission, but this is not the end of the story. The focus now is turned outwards. What began for the disciples as a personal relationship with Jesus, now encompasses the whole world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we are invited to stand with the disciples and hear these words addressed to us. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever our circumstances may be, the command is the same: &#8216;Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.&#8217; Whatever form this takes for each of us, we are assured with Jesus is with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you respond to this invitation today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark 16: 15-20 Go out to the whole world;proclaim the Good News to all creation. Beginnings and endings matter a great deal in so many areas of our lives. In literature and theatre we are keenly aware of the power of the beginning and ending of a work. Some stories end with all the ends &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4067\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ascension&#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-4067","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\/4067","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=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}