{"id":4710,"date":"2026-04-06T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4710"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:36:18","slug":"easter-monday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4710","title":{"rendered":"Easter Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4726\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Copy-of-Miracle-M-2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 28: 8-15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I read the Gospel text for today it is the word &#8216;ran&#8217; which leaps out at me. We hear it several times at our Easter Vigil, in John&#8217;s account of the resurrection. There we have the rather charming details of who ran faster and got to the tomb first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time I had to run anywhere. Much of my life takes place at a fairly sedate pace. The pattern of the monastic day means that you are more or less sure of what is coming next and you organise yourself accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I probably most associate running with being a child and being eager to get somewhere or just running for the sheer pleasure of it. As a child there&#8217;s energy, freedom and excitement all mixed together as you run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women, we are told, are &#8216;filled with awe and joy&#8217;. Their reaction is immediate and heartfelt: they run to share the news, only to encounter Jesus himself along the way. It&#8217;s love which powers their running. When Jesus says \u201cDo not be afraid,\u201d he is offering both comfort and a call to action, reminding us that encountering the risen Christ is not the end of the journey, but the beginning of a mission\u2014to go, to tell, to witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you picture yourself running to tell the news of the resurrection?<br>Can you imagine the love that powers you?   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 28: 8-15 Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples. When I read the Gospel text for today it is the word &#8216;ran&#8217; which leaps out at me. We hear it several times at our Easter Vigil, in John&#8217;s account of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4710\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Easter Monday&#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-4710","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\/4710","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=4710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5431,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions\/5431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}