{"id":148269,"date":"2026-10-24T07:16:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148269"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:20:57","slug":"a-prayer-for-today-from-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148269","title":{"rendered":"A prayer for today from The Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O God, our Father, we pray for all in thy Church, which is set today amid the perplexities of a changing order, and face to face with new tasks. &nbsp;Baptize her afresh in the life-giving spirit of Jesus. &nbsp;Bestow upon her a greater responsiveness to duty, a swifter compassion with suffering, and an utter loyalty to the will of God. &nbsp;Help her to proclaim boldly the coming of the Kingdom of God. &nbsp;Bid her cease from seeking her own life, lest she lose it. &nbsp;Make her valiant to give up her life to humanity; that, like her crucified Master, she may mount by the path of the cross to a higher glory; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;Robert W. Rodenmayer, ed.,&nbsp;<strong>The Pastor\u2019s Prayerbook: Selected and arranged for various occasions<\/strong>&nbsp;(New York: Oxford University Press, 1960)<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning from the Welsh Marches. All the pinks. And all the cider apples have been picked. &#x1f60a;&#x1f34e; https:\/\/t.co\/HGUOonBiIa<\/p>&mdash; Anne O&#8217;Brien (@anne_obrien) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/anne_obrien\/status\/2113887973301494152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O God, our Father, we pray for all in thy Church, which is set today amid the perplexities of a changing order, and face to face with new tasks. &nbsp;Baptize her afresh in the life-giving spirit of Jesus. &nbsp;Bestow upon<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148269\">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":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritualityprayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148269","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=148269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148273,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148269\/revisions\/148273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}