{"id":2900,"date":"2024-03-25T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:42:10","slug":"the-scent-of-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2024\/03\/25\/the-scent-of-love-2\/uncategorized\/2900\/","title":{"rendered":"The scent of love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wellness-4643104_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/guvo59-9285194\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3666624\">Gundula Vogel<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=3666624\">Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s gospel, the anointing at Bethany is a powerful story of hope in desperate times. It\u2019s one of the Gospels that touches me most deeply. Every year I moved by its passion, its radical yet simple act of love, and its kindness. In fear and uncertainty, the disciples gather at Martha\u2019s house which offers them an oasis of hospitality and safety in the increasingly dangerous times.<br><br>In such circumstances it is easy to understand Judas\u2019 distrust and questioning. In times of great danger questions and doubts that we thought we\u2019d put to rest often resurface. It\u2019s easy to imagine that Judas was not the only disciple facing such doubts.<br><br>In the midst of the tension Mary\u2019s action provides a fresh focus. She doesn\u2019t deny or banish the fear or the danger, instead her action points out that those are not the whole story:<br><br>\u201cMary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it and anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment.\u201d<br><br>Jesus tells his disciples that she has anointed him for his burial, acknowledging that he is facing death, and preparing his disciples for that. As the scent of her ointment fills the house her simple action is a sign that love is stronger even than death. As she anoints Jesus she reminds us that our Holy Week journey ultimately leads us through death to the new life of resurrection.<br><br>As we move through Holy Week where are you aware of the strength of love sustaining you?<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s gospel, the anointing at Bethany is a powerful story of hope in desperate times. It\u2019s one of the Gospels that touches me most deeply. Every year I moved by its passion, its radical yet simple act of love, and its kindness. In fear and uncertainty, the disciples gather at Martha\u2019s house which offers them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,494,356,239,345,271,336,537,335,246,1],"tags":[634,28,18,6,101,8,25,326,33,229,508,13,29,505,175,15,633,10],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benedictine-spirituality","category-christ","category-cross","category-gospel","category-holy-week","category-lectio-divina","category-lent","category-liturgy","category-prayer","category-scripture","category-uncategorized","tag-anointing","tag-benedictine","tag-challenge","tag-gospel","tag-holyweek","tag-hope","tag-hospitality","tag-jesus","tag-kingdom","tag-kingdomvalues","tag-lazarus","tag-lectiodivina","tag-love","tag-martha","tag-mary","tag-newlife","tag-scent","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2900\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}