{"id":3575,"date":"2025-02-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2025-02-04T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:26:24","slug":"called-by-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/02\/05\/called-by-faith\/uncategorized\/3575\/","title":{"rendered":"Called by faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/amber-kipp-e8U_Y3NYDvU-unsplash-1980x1414.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Amber Kipp on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I reflect on Jesus\u2019 encounter with the woman with the haemorrahage Brene Browns\u2019 description of courage as \u201cputting our vulnerability on the line\u201d comes to mind. In her determination to get close to Jesus the woman overrides all the taboos of her condition and reaches out to touch Jesus, convinced that he can bring her healing. When he notices her touch and she has to reveal herself she does so in fear and trembling:<br><br><em>\u201cThe woman came forward, frightened and trembling because she knew what had happened to her.\u201d<\/em><br><br>She crosses the boundary of all the norms that would make her invisible, allowing herself to become visible in his presence. Jesus sees her as she truly is. He sees her fear and her vulnerability. He notices her courage and her faith, and in the light of his love she is transformed.<br><br>Both her fear and her courage resonate with me in our own challenging times. When life is harsh and frightening we are tempted to deny our vulnerabilities, suppressing or ignoring them. It seems to me the gospels suggest a different route.<br><br>The call of the gospel is to put that vulnerability on the line, to admit it freely and allow it to be seen, to have the courage to admit our need and to ask for help. If we can do that then maybe, with the woman we\u2019ll be able to hear and respond to Jesus\u2019 promise:<br><br><em>\u201cMy daughter, your faith has restored you to health; go in peace.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Where is Christ calling you to let your vulnerability be seen today?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I reflect on Jesus\u2019 encounter with the woman with the haemorrahage Brene Browns\u2019 description of courage as \u201cputting our vulnerability on the line\u201d comes to mind. In her determination to get close to Jesus the woman overrides all the taboos of her condition and reaches out to touch Jesus, convinced that he can bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,494,239,271,246,1],"tags":[28,18,53,223,30,83,6,234,8,33,13,29,15,97,7,10,199],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benedictine-spirituality","category-christ","category-gospel","category-lectio-divina","category-scripture","category-uncategorized","tag-benedictine","tag-challenge","tag-christ","tag-christlike","tag-courage","tag-faith","tag-gospel","tag-gospelvalues","tag-hope","tag-kingdom","tag-lectiodivina","tag-love","tag-newlife","tag-peace","tag-promise","tag-trust","tag-vulnerability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575","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=3575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3581,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3575\/revisions\/3581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}