{"id":3072,"date":"2024-06-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T10:25:53","slug":"joyful-trust-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2024\/06\/22\/joyful-trust-2\/uncategorized\/3072\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyful trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today we\u2019re celebrating the feast of Sts Thomas More and John Fisher. They lived in times that were brutal and frightening, full of betrayal and mistrust. As they faced their martyrdom the words of today\u2019s gospel must have had a particular resonance for them:

\u201cThey will hand you over to be tortured and put to death; and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name.\u201d<\/em>

Neither these disturbing words nor their arrest, imprisonment nor martyrdoms distracted them from trusting in God\u2019s love. They may have felt overwhelmed and frightened by their situation. They certainly wished it could have been different. Yet through it all they were able to keep hold of St Paul\u2019s words to the Romans:

\u201cWe are filled with joyful trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have already gained our reconciliation.\u201d<\/em>

The joyful trust Paul describes is easy when life is good. In those times it\u2019s easy to believe that God\u2019s love is poured out into our hearts. It\u2019s not so easy in the reality of the world today, with all its terrors and uncertainties. The harshness of daily life can smother the love, joy and trust that are the heart of the gospel.

It\u2019s when life is at its hardest and most challenging that we need that joyful trust. The harsher our world becomes the more we need the transforming love of God to be poured into our hearts to nurture and sustain us both in our personal struggles and in our interactions with others. I\u2019m grateful for Paul\u2019s reminder that whatever challenge and uncertainty we face we can trust that God\u2019s love will be with us, sustaining, comforting, healing.

What helps you to keep trusting Christ\u2019s promise in difficult times?
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