{"id":134483,"date":"2025-01-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134483"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:17:02","slug":"a-prayer-for-the-day-from-saint-thomas-aquinas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134483","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for the Day from Saint Thomas Aquinas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saint Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential theologians and philosophers in Western history, made numerous contributions to philosophy, theology, and the broader intellectual life. Here are 20 quotes from the &quot;Angelic Doctor&quot; to contemplate on this, his feast day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jI82wcqFwZ\">pic.twitter.com\/jI82wcqFwZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Catholic Frequency (@CatholicFQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatholicFQ\/status\/1884239175660016023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134483\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,188,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-history","category-spiritualityprayer","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134487,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134483\/revisions\/134487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}