{"id":4394,"date":"2025-03-06T06:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T06:43:32","slug":"thursday-after-ash-wednesday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4394","title":{"rendered":"Thursday after Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Choose-LIFE-then-so-that-you-and-your-descendants-may-live-in-the-love-of-the-Lord-your-God-obeying-his-voice-clinging-to-him-for-in-this-your-life-consists.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deuteronomy 30:15-20<br>Luke 9:22-25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Choose life, then, so that you and<br>your descendants may live in the love<br>of the Lord your God, <br>obeying his voice and clinging to him: <br>for in this your life consists&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s reading from Deuteronomy offers us a mini framework for our Lenten path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>choosing life,<br>living in love,<br>obeying his voice,<br>clinging to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day God invites us to choose life. It happens in all the small choices, the things we\u2019d hardly notice. The big things are more obvious. Just as we can choose life, we can also live in a way that gives life to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you choose life today?<br>How can you give life today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deuteronomy 30:15-20Luke 9:22-25 Choose life, then, so that you andyour descendants may live in the loveof the Lord your God, obeying his voice and clinging to him: for in this your life consists&#8230; Today&#8217;s reading from Deuteronomy offers us a mini framework for our Lenten path: choosing life,living in love,obeying his voice,clinging to him. 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