{"id":138881569,"date":"2023-11-15T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=138881569"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:00:51","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayers-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=138881569","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayers for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A couple prayers in light of conflicts around the world.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/946812ce-b612-4c79-9089-d8373c04285c_5080x3387.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a white feather floating on calm water.) Credit:  Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@andrazlazic?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Andraz Lazic<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/white-feather-on-body-of-water-in-shallow-focus-64sgR8HV_68?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><p>Brighid,<\/p><p>Lady of Peace,<\/p><p>May the sacred waters of Your well heal the inner and outer wounds of war.<\/p><p>May Your poetry inspire the peace-workers to turn back the currents of conflict.<\/p><p>May the knell of Your hammer awaken and strengthen mercy in people\u2019s hearts.<\/p><p>May Your keening remember those who might be forgotten.<\/p><p>May Your spear stand guard against those who threaten peace.<\/p><p>Nodens,<\/p><p>Battle-Worn Lord,<\/p><p>May the dreams You offer instill peace as a reality.<\/p><p>May Your hounds lick away the hatred that clouds eyes and minds.<\/p><p>May the wrathful forces be quelled by Your healing waters.<\/p><p>May Your gentle rain soothe the crimson-hued ground.<\/p><p>May Your clouds and mists conceal those seeking safety from harm.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple prayers in light of conflicts around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138881569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138881569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138881569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138881569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138881569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138881569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138881569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}