{"id":3848,"date":"2025-04-25T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:12:40","slug":"encounter-on-the-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/04\/25\/encounter-on-the-shore\/benedictine-spirituality\/3848\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounter on the shore."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jasmine-waheed-dRJGQAu6x8U-unsplash-1-1980x1318.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Jasmine Waheed on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>There\u2019s a lot to ponder on in today\u2019s gospel. Peter\u2019s decision to go fishing, returning to the safe and familiar in times that are disturbing and unsettling. Or the lack of a catch as they fish through the night. <br><br>Or Jesus\u2019 calling to them from the shore, telling them to try another direction, and the amazing catch that results from that. The dawning recognition of the who the stranger on the shore is. Or Peter\u2019s impulsive dive into the sea in his eagerness to get to Jesus.<br><br>Yet every year the image that most draws me is of Jesus preparing breakfast for them while they are fishing. I imagine him gathering driftwood and lighting the fire, laying out the bread and preparing the fish, and then calling out his invitation to the cold, tired disciples:<br><br><em>\u201cCome and have breakfast\u2026\u201d<br><\/em><br>These simple, ordinary actions are the life affirming, life giving acts of love of Christ, the servant King. They ground me in the messy and material reality of human life, the only place where we can encounter the risen Christ. They are an invitation to love and new life.<br><br>In a world full of injustice and misery the image of the servant King has new power and a deeper resonance. We are called to imitate the simple and straightforward service of the risen Christ, to help those around us with acts that can lighten burdens, bring hope and open hearts and minds.<br><br>What is the Risen Christ inviting you to this Eastertide?<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot to ponder on in today\u2019s gospel. Peter\u2019s decision to go fishing, returning to the safe and familiar in times that are disturbing and unsettling. Or the lack of a catch as they fish through the night. Or Jesus\u2019 calling to them from the shore, telling them to try another direction, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,494,359,239,271,362,246],"tags":[28,801,18,6,8,33,229,799,13,29,15,69,378,800,309,310,10],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benedictine-spirituality","category-christ","category-eastertide","category-gospel","category-lectio-divina","category-resurrection","category-scripture","tag-benedictine","tag-breakfast","tag-challenge","tag-gospel","tag-hope","tag-kingdom","tag-kingdomvalues","tag-lakeside","tag-lectiodivina","tag-love","tag-newlife","tag-resurrection","tag-risenchrist","tag-seashore","tag-servant","tag-servantking","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","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=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3855,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}