{"id":3939,"date":"2025-05-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:18:34","slug":"dissatisfaction-and-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/05\/17\/dissatisfaction-and-desire\/benedictine-spirituality\/3939\/","title":{"rendered":"New Horizons."},"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\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sonika-agarwal-NZyFEO2uk6A-unsplash-1980x1320.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Sonika Agarwal on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All through Eastertide the gospels show us Jesus revealing himself to his disciples. Each revelation begins where the disciples are. It then takes them beyond that into new, uncharted and challenging territory. Jesus starts with their current understanding uses that to lead them to a deeper understanding of who he is.<br><br>Today it\u2019s Phillip\u2019s turn. When Jesus tells the disciples:<br><br><em>\u201cIf you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Phillip responds:<br><br><em>\u201cLord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Phillip\u2019s response reflects dissatisfaction and desire, he wants more. Jesus doesn\u2019t criticise him for that, instead he offers another, deeper revelation, telling Phillip:<br><br><em>\u201cTo have seen me is to have seen the Father&#8230;\u201d<\/em><br><br>Jesus opens Phillip\u2019s heart to the possibility of a new way of seeing God. He offers us the same opportunity. If we allow him to open our hearts, we will discover he is present with us in the midst of human life. We will find him alongside us in the midst of our daily activities, however mundane, frustrating or challenging we might find them. This is a promise full of hope, joy and encouragement.<br><br>This new understanding is also a challenge. If we are to discover God\u2019s presence in the midst of daily life, we have to pay attention in a new way. We have to be alert and attentive. We have to risk being open and vulnerable to allow that presence to be revealed, and to respond to it.<br><br>As we move through Eastertide where is Christ opening your heart to his presence in our midst?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All through Eastertide the gospels show us Jesus revealing himself to his disciples. Each revelation begins where the disciples are. It then takes them beyond that into new, uncharted and challenging territory. Jesus starts with their current understanding uses that to lead them to a deeper understanding of who he is. Today it\u2019s Phillip\u2019s turn. 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