{"id":4379,"date":"2025-12-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:55:10","slug":"o-emmanuel-come-saviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/2025\/12\/23\/o-emmanuel-come-saviour\/benedictine-spirituality\/4379\/","title":{"rendered":"O Emmanuel. Come Saviour"},"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\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.turveyabbey.org.uk\/pilgrimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sora-sagano-hOA6B_gseD4-unsplash-1980x1320.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Sora Sagano on unsplash.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At vespers this evening we\u2019ll sing the last of the O antiphons, O Emmanuel, &#8220;God-with-us. It always seems to me that it refocuses our attention on the meaning of Advent:<br><br><em>&#8220;Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, for whom the peoples are waiting, and their saviour: Come to save us, Lord our God.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>It reminds us that all the longing and waiting of Advent will end with a promise fulfilled. At just the moment when the waiting might begin to feel like too much the antiphon calls us to keep hoping, keep looking for the light of Christ\u2019s presence to come and transform our lives.<br><br>The times we\u2019re living through make Advent seem longer and darker than it used to. The various wars, the economic crisis and a world that is generally more volatile and less stable all make it hard to be hopeful. <br><br>The struggle required to negotiate the challenges we face leaves little energy for hope or joy. Yet even in such dark uncertainty we\u2019re called to wake up, to become aware of the presence of Emmanuel, God-with-us. <br><br>The antiphon has reminded me that however dark and uncertain our lives seem, whatever we are living through, and however well or not so well we handle that, Christ will come and dwell in our lives with us, bringing his healing, life giving light into whatever darkness we face.<br><br>Where do you need Christ&#8217;s presence with you this Advent?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At vespers this evening we\u2019ll sing the last of the O antiphons, O Emmanuel, &#8220;God-with-us. 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