{"id":5475,"date":"2026-05-07T06:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5475"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:31:59","slug":"eastertide-alphabet-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5475","title":{"rendered":"Eastertide Alphabet (R)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rabunni-R.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At our Easter Vigil service at Turvey Abbey we have always used John&#8217;s account of the Resurrection. The text is sung and, as a consequence, I almost know it by heart. The music swells when Mary reaches the moment of recognition and says &#8216;Rabunni&#8217;. It&#8217;s as if all time stands still in that moment of encounter. There&#8217;s a tangible stillness in our candle-lit chapel, while outside dawn is gently breaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commentators draw our attention to the intimacy of the encounter between the Risen Christ and Mary. Her use of the Aramaic word for teacher or master speaks of the quality and nature of her devotion to Christ. I find myself drawn to this model of the interaction between disciple and teacher. It speaks to me of a dynamic which empowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Benedictine the master disciple relationship is familiar to me. St Benedict starts his Rule with the following verses: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Listen carefully, my son, to the master\u2019s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart. This is advice from a father who loves you; welcome it, and faithfully put it into practice\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every single day I have the opportunity to open the ear of my heart and to live as a disciple of the Risen Christ and St Benedict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you live as a disciple of the Risen Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(John 20:11-18, Easter Tuesday)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At our Easter Vigil service at Turvey Abbey we have always used John&#8217;s account of the Resurrection. The text is sung and, as a consequence, I almost know it by heart. The music swells when Mary reaches the moment of recognition and says &#8216;Rabunni&#8217;. It&#8217;s as if all time stands still in that moment of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5475\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eastertide Alphabet (R)&#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-5475","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\/5475","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=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5541,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}