{"id":2176,"date":"2017-01-27T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:21","slug":"busy-day-short-poem-shorter-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/01\/27\/busy-day-short-poem-shorter-context\/","title":{"rendered":"busy day  &#8212; short poem, shorter context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, January 27<\/p>\n<p>A Trustee meeting today; \u00a0off to DC for a conference tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a wonderful, long-loved poem. \u00a0One version of many.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest weekend,<\/p>\n<p>johnsj<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u00a0\u201cSt. Patrick\u2019s Breastplate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I bind unto myself today<br \/>\nthe power of God to hold and lead,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s eye to watch, \u00a0God\u2019s might to stay,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s ear to hearken to my need.<br \/>\nThe wisdom of my God to teach,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s hand to guide, God\u2019s shield to war;<br \/>\nThe word of God to give me speech,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s heavenly host to be my guard<\/p>\n<p>Christ, be with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,<br \/>\nChrist in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,<br \/>\nChrist on my right, Christ on my left, Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit,<br \/>\nChrist where I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,<br \/>\nChrist in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.<\/p>\n<p>Salvation is of the Lord.<br \/>\nSalvation is of the Lord.<br \/>\nSalvation is of the Christ.<br \/>\nMay your salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, January 27 A Trustee meeting today; \u00a0off to DC for a conference tomorrow. Here is a wonderful, long-loved poem. \u00a0One version of many. Have a blest weekend, johnsj &nbsp; Today\u2019s Post \u00a0\u201cSt. Patrick\u2019s Breastplate I bind unto myself today &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/01\/27\/busy-day-short-poem-shorter-context\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}