{"id":463,"date":"2022-09-29T17:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=463"},"modified":"2022-10-14T23:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:00:52","slug":"i-thirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"I Thirst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/christ-on-the-cross-1632.jpgLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464\" width=\"326\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/christ-on-the-cross-1632.jpgLarge.jpg 393w, https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/christ-on-the-cross-1632.jpgLarge-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Christ Crucified by Diego Vel\u00e1zquez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I find myself besieged by dross<br>by thoughts of anxiety and temptation,<br>With faith never-failing, remind me of Thy Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me arise, and make a new occasion.<br>Not one of idleness nor comforts vain,<br>But one of prayer and contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O holy Redeemer, Turn me to Thyself and tell me of Thy pain,<br>How Thy heart thirsts yet is so little loved by men,<br>And how little I return for what Thou didst obtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me adore Thy Wounds again and again.<br>In spite of the nails, Thy hands still spread<br>wearied, yet ready to receive me. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Here thou hast no abiding city; and wherever thou shalt be, thou art a stranger and a pilgrim; nor wilt thou ever have rest, except thou be interiorly united with Christ.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Imitation of Christ, Bk. II. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-faith"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parmenidean.is\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}