{"id":5584,"date":"2026-05-18T08:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:51:17","slug":"eastertide-alphabet-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5584","title":{"rendered":"Eastertide Alphabet (Y)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5585\" srcset=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-1536x864.png 1536w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1-1568x882.png 1568w, http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/When-you-look-at-your-mother-you-are-looking-at-the-purest-love-you-will-ever-know.-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 21:1-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simon son of John, do YOU love me more than these others do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In John 21 we have one of the most intimate dialogues in the Gospels. The focus is entirely on Peter and his relationship with Jesus. In English we have one word \u2018love\u2019 and it can mean a whole variety of things. If we want to be specific we have to qualify it.\u00a0 Greek has at least 7 words for love. Our passage from John\u2019s Gospel uses two of these: agape and philia. Agape is unconditional, sacrificial love. Philia is the affectionate love of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Jesus asks Peter the first time if he loves him he says \u2018agapas me?\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter replies, you know that I love you (philo se).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus asks Peter a second time \u2018agapas me?\u2019 and he replies \u2018philo se\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the third time a shift has occurred. Jesus says \u2018phileis me?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Peter replies \u2018philo se\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s that simple. Jesus has come to Peter\u2019s level. Jesus meets Peter where he is and doesn\u2019t demand a type of love that he isn\u2019t able to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Gospel challenges me to make space for others. It challenges me to remember that you can\u2019t demand love from another. People need space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you be like Jesus, can you meet people where they are?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(John 21:1-19, Third Sunday of Eastertide, C)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 21:1-19 Simon son of John, do YOU love me more than these others do? In John 21 we have one of the most intimate dialogues in the Gospels. The focus is entirely on Peter and his relationship with Jesus. In English we have one word \u2018love\u2019 and it can mean a whole variety of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5584\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eastertide Alphabet (Y)&#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-5584","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\/5584","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=5584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5587,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5584\/revisions\/5587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}