{"id":4358,"date":"2025-12-17T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:08:53","slug":"wisdoms-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/12\/17\/wisdoms-call\/benedictine-spirituality\/4358\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdoms&#8217; call."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-2048x1302.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-1200x763.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vincentiu-solomon-ln5drpv_ImI-unsplash-1980x1259.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Vincentiu Solomon on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Something from the archives as we begin the O Antiphons. These prayers developed by the early church call on Christ to come and save us. They never directly used the name of Christ, but take up the titles used for the Messiah in the Old Testament. They change the whole tone of Advent, increasing the sense of anticipation and expectation.<br><br> We began with O Sapientia, O Wisdom:<br><br><em>\u201cO Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end of creation to the other, strongly and sweetly ordering all things, come to teach us the way of prudence.\u201d<\/em><br><br>This antiphon always take me back to the Creation, to the Spirit hovering over the waters as God brings new life out of chaos. I\u2019m always especially drawn to the especially to the image from Proverbs of Wisdom playing and delighting in God\u2019s presence at the Creation.<br><br>We\u2019re living in challenging and chaotic times that make us increasingly aware of our smallness and vulnerability. Our need for the hovering Spirit to draw new life and hope out of these chaotic times becomes clearer every day. By recalling our beginnings O Sapientia reminds us that our beginnings are in the heart of God. However chaotic and disturbing our present might be we are created and held in the love of God.<br><br>As we move through Advent where is wisdom drawing you back into the love of God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something from the archives as we begin the O Antiphons. These prayers developed by the early church call on Christ to come and save us. They never directly used the name of Christ, but take up the titles used for the Messiah in the Old Testament. 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