{"id":4232,"date":"2024-12-07T06:42:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2024-12-07T06:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T06:44:31","slug":"advent-alphabet-g-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4232","title":{"rendered":"Advent Alphabet (G)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Glory-3.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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=4232\" 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-4232","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\/4232","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=4232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4237,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}