{"id":5082,"date":"2021-11-03T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2021-10-28T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T14:42:56","slug":"a-prayer-for-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/a-prayer-for-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from the Carmina Gadelica<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I AM bending my knee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the eye of the Father who created me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the eye of the Son who died for me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the eye of the Spirit who cleansed me,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In love and desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High Cross at Monasterboice. Photo by Cindy Thomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pour down upon us from heaven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rich blessing of Thy forgiveness;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thou who art uppermost in the City,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be Thou patient with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish Sky. Photo by Cindy Thomson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Grant to us, Thou Saviour of Glory,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fear of God, the love of God, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

and His affection,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the will of God to do on earth at all times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As angels and saints do in heaven;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each day and night give us Thy peace.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each day and night give us Thy peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from the Carmina Gadelica I AM bending my knee In the eye of the Father who created me, In the eye of the Son who died for me, In the eye of the Spirit who cleansed me,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In love and desire. Pour down upon us from heaven The rich blessing of Thy forgiveness; Thou…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,97],"tags":[453,455,384],"class_list":["post-5082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-ireland","category-blessings","tag-carmina-gadelica","tag-celtic-prayer","tag-prayer-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5086,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions\/5086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}