{"id":1638,"date":"2021-07-14T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2021-07-14T10:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:39:38","slug":"a-prayer-for-these-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/a-prayer-for-these-times\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for These Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/holding-the-light.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1170\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/holding-the-light-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/holding-the-light-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/holding-the-light.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gracious and Holy One<br \/>\nwho spins the threads that bind us<br \/>\nwho frees our hearts and minds to soar<br \/>\nwho roots us in fields of questions<br \/>\nand\u00a0forgives us when we claim<br \/>\nto know things that are beyond us,<br \/>\nhear our prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Hear our prayers for healing:<br \/>\nheal bodies ravaged by the pandemic<br \/>\nheal hearts desolate with grief with comfort<br \/>\nheal minds embittered with hatred with love<br \/>\nheal souls crying out in despair with justice.<\/p>\n<p>Help us to use the gifts you give us<br \/>\nthat our scientists may be inspired<br \/>\nthat we might comfort our neighbors<br \/>\nthat we may sow love where hatred thrives.<\/p>\n<p>Give us \u00a0the strength and fortitude<br \/>\nto do the work of justice<br \/>\nto speak and stand and march<br \/>\nfor the freedom you desire for each one.<\/p>\n<p>Grant us, Holy Friend,<br \/>\nthe vision to draw the circle wide<br \/>\nto embrace those who are different<br \/>\nand appreciate the radical beauty<br \/>\nof those who are not like us.<br \/>\nHelp us not to fear our differences<br \/>\nOpen our hearts<br \/>\nthat we might learn from one another<br \/>\nwhat we otherwise would not know.<br \/>\nGrow us, we pray, in wisdom<br \/>\nunderstanding<br \/>\nand compassion.<\/p>\n<p>Loving Godde,<br \/>\nscorch us with a vision of your kin-dom<br \/>\nso that your hope burns in us<br \/>\nin these times of despair<br \/>\nthat we may lift the light\u00a0of your vision for humanity<br \/>\nand pierce the shadow of these days.<br \/>\nIn all your Holy Names we pray.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gracious and Holy One who spins the threads that bind us who frees our hearts and minds to soar who roots us in fields of questions and\u00a0forgives us when we claim to know things that are beyond us, hear our prayers. Hear our prayers for healing: heal bodies ravaged by the pandemic heal hearts desolate &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/a-prayer-for-these-times\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Prayer for These Times<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,40,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}