{"id":3927,"date":"2025-05-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:58:05","slug":"held-in-the-love-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/05\/14\/held-in-the-love-of-christ\/benedictine-spirituality\/3927\/","title":{"rendered":"Held in the love of Christ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-1536x1227.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-2048x1636.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-1200x959.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gianna-b-sibli9E6q7I-unsplash-1980x1582.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Gianna on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we\u2019re celebrating the feast of St Matthias, the disciple chosen to replace Judas. I often wonder if that was a particularly uncomfortable position to take up. I imagine that there was a lot of emotion and distress around whole situation. People would have been feeling betrayed and hurt by Judas\u2019 actions. <br><br>In one sense the choosing of Matthias would have felt like a new beginning, but it would also have carried some pain. When new beginnings grow out of painful circumstances it\u2019s not always so easy to walk away from the hurtful baggage.<br><br> It may be that in those times of mixed blessings it\u2019s particularly important to hear these words from John\u2019s farewell discourses. Jesus tells the disciples:<br><br><em>&#8220;Remain in my love.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>So often in painful situations we are tempted to walk away from love. When we are hurting all our instincts tell us to put up barriers to protect ourselves. Yet, those are the very times when we need to find the courage to do the opposite, to allow ourselves to remain open to the possibility of love, even if that is a costly and risky prospect. <br><br>If we desire to embrace the new life the risen Christ promises, we can\u2019t afford to walk away from love. We have to take the risk of allowing his love into our lives, letting it shape and change is, moulding us into the new creation he calls us to be.<br><br>How is Christ moulding you into a new creation this Eastertide?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re celebrating the feast of St Matthias, the disciple chosen to replace Judas. I often wonder if that was a particularly uncomfortable position to take up. I imagine that there was a lot of emotion and distress around whole situation. People would have been feeling betrayed and hurt by Judas\u2019 actions. 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