{"id":6703,"date":"2011-01-16T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2011-01-16T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T10:32:00","slug":"prayer-for-the-floods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2011\/01\/16\/prayer-for-the-floods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the floods (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Archbishop of Brisbane regarding the floods: a request to use the following prayer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<address>Great God<\/address>\n<address>whose love for us knows no bounds,<\/address>\n<address>we pray for all those who are affected by floods:<\/address>\n<address>comfort all who grieve for loved ones lost;<\/address>\n<address>strengthen those who face destruction of homes, memories and livelihoods;<\/address>\n<address>encourage and sustain police, defence force, SES and church personnel and<\/address>\n<address>all who bring relief and assistance.<\/address>\n<address>Fill our hearts with compassion and generosity for all in need.<\/address>\n<address>As we face our greatest fears<\/address>\n<address>may we know the assurance of your presence with us<\/address>\n<address>and hold fast to the promise of new life beyond all adversity.\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>We ask \u00a0this through Jesus Christ our Lord<\/address>\n<address>and who lives with you and the Holy Spirit<\/address>\n<address>one God, now and for ever. Amen.<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0See also, <a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2011\/01\/12\/prayer-for-the-floods\/\">Prayer for the\u00a0floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Archbishop of Brisbane regarding the floods: a request to use the following prayer: Great God whose love for us knows no bounds, we pray for all those who are affected by floods: comfort all who grieve for loved &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2011\/01\/16\/prayer-for-the-floods-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6710,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/6710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}