{"id":14,"date":"2023-03-22T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/?p=14"},"modified":"2023-03-22T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:48:21","slug":"a-prayer-for-blessings-clarity-and-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/prayers\/a-prayer-for-blessings-clarity-and-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Blessings, Clarity and Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great Spirit, hear our prayers<br \/>\nAs we come before You in humility and reverence<br \/>\nWe seek Your guidance, Your wisdom, and Your grace.<\/p>\n<p>Creator Sets Free (Jesus), hear our prayers<br \/>\nAs we call upon You with love and humility<br \/>\nWe ask for Your mercy, Your healing, and Your blessings.<\/p>\n<p>Mary, mother of God, hear our prayers<br \/>\nAs we call upon you with love and respect<br \/>\nWe ask for your intercession, your protection, and your blessings.<\/p>\n<p>We honor our ancestors and the wisdom they shared<br \/>\nWe walk the path of our forefathers with respect and gratitude<br \/>\nWe seek to live in harmony with all beings and the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>We offer our prayers to the four directions<br \/>\nTo the east, where the sun rises and brings new beginnings<br \/>\nTo the south, where the warmth of the sun brings growth and abundance<br \/>\nTo the west, where the sun sets and brings the promise of rest and renewal<br \/>\nTo the north, where the cold winds bring clarity and strength.<\/p>\n<p>Great Spirit, bless us with Your love and grace<br \/>\nCreator Sets Free, have mercy on us throughout our lives<br \/>\nMary, mother of God, pray for us and guide us on our journey<br \/>\nWe offer our gratitude and respect, now and forever. Aho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Spirit, hear our prayers As we come before You in humility and reverence We seek Your guidance, Your wisdom, and Your grace. Creator Sets Free (Jesus), hear our prayers As we call upon You with love and humility We ask for Your mercy, Your healing, and Your blessings. Mary, mother of God, hear our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flippress.com\/firstnations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}