{"id":3917,"date":"2025-05-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:55:52","slug":"shaped-by-and-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/05\/11\/shaped-by-and-for-love\/uncategorized\/3917\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaped by and for 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\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/robinson-recalde-iAPIjKaM3fA-unsplash-1980x1320.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Robinson Recalde on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is both Good Shepherd Sunday and vocations Sunday. The Gospel with it\u2019s call to listen makes the link between the two very clear:<br><br><em>\u201cJesus said \u201cthe sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and the follow me\u2026They will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from me.\u2019\u201d <\/em><br><br>It takes me back to the heart of Benedictine spirituality and so of my vocation, the call to <br><br><em>\u201cListen with the ear of your heart\u201d.<\/em><br><br>There\u2019s no shortage of voices trying to attract our attention in today\u2019s world. We\u2019re exposed to a constant cacophony of voices drawing us in opposing directions. It can be confusing, unnerving and debilitating. <br><br>In the midst of all those voices there\u2019s another one, gentle and persistent that calls to us. It\u2019s the voice of the Good Shepherd reminding us that we are made for love, and are held in being by love. It\u2019s a voice that calls us back to our true selves.<br><br> It tells us that however uncertain or chaotic our times the love of Christ will never let us go. The Good Shepherd calls us to allow his voice to silence the confusion of the myriad voices around us and to focus on the one really matters, the one that can lead us to a life shaped by and for love.<br><br>Where is the Good Shepherd calling you to respond to his love today?<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is both Good Shepherd Sunday and vocations Sunday. The Gospel with it\u2019s call to listen makes the link between the two very clear: \u201cJesus said \u201cthe sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and the follow me\u2026They will never be lost and no one will ever steal them from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,494,461,359,372,239,271,362,492,246,1],"tags":[28,18,53,223,376,448,138,374,6,8,33,229,13,12,75,29,15,10],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benedictine-spirituality","category-christ","category-divine-office","category-eastertide","category-good-shepherd","category-gospel","category-lectio-divina","category-resurrection","category-rule-of-st-benedict","category-scripture","category-uncategorized","tag-benedictine","tag-challenge","tag-christ","tag-christlike","tag-disciples","tag-discipleship","tag-goodshepherd","tag-goodshepherdsunday","tag-gospel","tag-hope","tag-kingdom","tag-kingdomvalues","tag-lectiodivina","tag-listen","tag-listeningheart","tag-love","tag-newlife","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917","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=3917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3921,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}