{"id":149696681,"date":"2024-10-02T13:02:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=149696681"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:02:28","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-prayers-for-the-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=149696681","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Prayers for the Many"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayers for those affected by recent events.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fd3e1df5-3312-45ab-9d85-c36ee167e0b2_5616x3744.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a white, burning tealight candle against a glittering white surface and background.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@sharonmccutcheon?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Alexander Grey<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/white-fired-candle-IP3RNVy9xNk?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayers for the Many<\/h3><p>Brighid,<\/p><p>encompass Appalachia and the East Coast in Your mantle.<\/p><p>encircle them so that they know they are not without aid.<\/p><p>ease their weary hearts from the trauma and grief.<\/p><p>heal the wounds in their spirits, minds, and bodies.<\/p><p>inspire them to art so their spirits are nourished.<\/p><p>inspirit them in the rebuilding of their communities,<\/p><p>console them as they mourn for those who were lost,<\/p><p>and light a path for all to a brighter future.<\/p><p>Nodens,<\/p><p>may Appalachia and the East Coast know gentle sleep.<\/p><p>let their dreams bring forth hope,<\/p><p>bless them with the healing they need to mend their minds, spirits, and bodies,<\/p><p>calm the rains and winds so that communities can recover,<\/p><p>and grant them the materials for rebuilding.<\/p><p>Brighid and Nodens,<\/p><p>may no one be forgotten in the news,<\/p><p>may justice come to those who deserve it,<\/p><p>may no cruel conflicts be waged against the defenseless,<\/p><p>may no mouth go without the nourishment needed,<\/p><p>may no soul go without the shelter they seek,<\/p><p>and may healing be given to the wounded.<\/p><p>By Sky,<\/p><p>By Land,<\/p><p>By Sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayers for those affected by recent events.<\/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-149696681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149696681","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=149696681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149696681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149696681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149696681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149696681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}