{"id":7934,"date":"2024-02-02T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:11:35","slug":"empty-the-bins-for-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/empty-the-bins-for-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Empty the bins&#8217; for Lent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All week, assemblies have been delivered by our Chaplain who talked about the bags of stresses and worries that we carry around with us every day &#8211; the things we are constantly thinking about but that nobody sees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it all feels  too much to bear, our Chaplain reminded students that Jesus said, <em>&#8220;Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we go to God in prayer or during Mass, we can put our bags down and find comfort and strength in God before we head back into the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lent begins in 2 weeks&#8217; time, so it is the PERFECT time to &#8217;empty the bins&#8217; of the rubbish we carry around by spending time with the Lord!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are YOU carrying right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do YOU need to let go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will YOU let God carry the weight for you&#8230;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7512-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7935\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7512-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7512-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7512-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_7512.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All week, assemblies have been delivered by our Chaplain who talked about the bags of stresses and worries that we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":7935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chaplains-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7939,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7934\/revisions\/7939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}