{"id":61451855,"date":"2022-06-28T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=61451855"},"modified":"2022-06-28T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:00:20","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-the-miracle-of-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=61451855","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: The Miracle of Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem inspired by a miracle of St. Brighid\u2019s.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/be6e0ac2-39a3-4ec9-9b83-3dc0eabbdc2d_4190x2796.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a gray, stone statue of two figures embracing. The lower part of the statue forms a heart. Behind the statue is a couple small tree, with more greenery in the distance.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@pretentiousmaru?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marcel Ardivan<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/hugging?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Miracle of Compassion<\/h3><p>One early morn,<\/p><p>as the sun stretched its arms,<\/p><p>a sister visited You.<\/p><p>As the soul friend that You are.<\/p><p>You listened to their plight,<\/p><p>their tale meant for only Your ears.<\/p><p>The missed cycle,<\/p><p>the heavy burden within,<\/p><p>and the one in their heart.<\/p><p>You said, hugging them<\/p><p>it didn\u2019t matter how it happened<\/p><p>or why it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p><p>Her mantle draped \u2018round their shoulders,<\/p><p>the saint\u2019s aid lifting their spirit,<\/p><p>compassion made manifest.<\/p><p>Through faith and a blessing<\/p><p>the child was gone,<\/p><p>without pain or birth.<\/p><p>Without judgment or harshness,<\/p><p>Your kind heart reveals<\/p><p>the miracle of compassion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem inspired by a miracle of St. Brighid\u2019s.<\/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-61451855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61451855","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=61451855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61451855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61451855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61451855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61451855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}