{"id":494,"date":"2017-04-11T23:22:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=494"},"modified":"2018-01-22T23:56:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T22:56:04","slug":"2017-windows-on-holy-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>In the Praetorium<\/h3>\n<p><em>Matthew 27:27-30 (NIV)<\/em><br \/>\nThen the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. \u201cHail, king of the Jews!\u201d they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Prayer <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<style scoped>\ntable {border-style: none}\ntd.column-1 {width:105px;}\ntd {vertical-align: top;border-style: none;padding:2px;}\n<\/style>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Our Father in heaven<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">and here in the police headquarters, amongst us, the detained.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">We who meet in your name day after day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Hallowed be your name<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">despite all the jeers and roughness with which they treat us when we name you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Your kingdom come<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">where there is no degrading treatment, no infringements of liberty,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">nor police obeying unjust laws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Your will be done on earth<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">and on this part of the earth in particular.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>As it is in heaven<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Give us this day our daily bread<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">the bread which takes away hunger <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">and the bread which maintains within us the hunger and thirst for justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>And forgive us our sins<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">those that we have done to the police when we refuse to treat them as brothers,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">or when we refuse to accept that they also live with great tensions and contradictions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>As we forgive those that sin against us<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">or rather, as we try with all our heart to forgive those that sin against us, even the commissioner of police.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Don\u2019t allow us to fall into temptation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">by responding to a curse with a curse, to hatred with hatred, to maltreatment with maltreatment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Free us from evil<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">from grovelling and fawning, from humiliation,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">from despair and desperation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">and from our sense of loneliness and isolation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">voice 1,2,3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Amen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>(Chile, prayed by ten people detained <br \/>in the Central Police Station, Santiago)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Matthew 27:31 (NIV)<\/em><br \/>\nAfter they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Prayer:<br \/>\n<em>A Procession of Prayers: Meditations and Prayers from Around the World<\/em> by John Carden, p. 203-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the Praetorium Matthew 27:27-30 (NIV) Then the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2017 windows on Holy Week #4&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[17,59],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditation","tag-holy-week","tag-hw2017"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; In the Praetorium Matthew 27:27-30 (NIV) Then the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his &hellip; Continue reading &quot;2017 windows on Holy Week #4&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prayer matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Irene Bom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irene Bom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Irene Bom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4\"},\"headline\":\"2017 windows on Holy Week #4\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4\"},\"keywords\":[\"Holy week\",\"hw2017\"],\"articleSection\":[\"meditation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/\",\"name\":\"2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/11\\\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2017 windows on Holy Week #4\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prayer matters\",\"description\":\"International Presbytery of the Church of Scotland\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.irenebom.com\\\/prayer_matters\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4\",\"name\":\"Irene Bom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Irene Bom\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters","og_description":"&nbsp; In the Praetorium Matthew 27:27-30 (NIV) Then the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his &hellip; Continue reading \"2017 windows on Holy Week #4\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/","og_site_name":"Prayer matters","article_published_time":"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00","author":"Irene Bom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Irene Bom","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/"},"author":{"name":"Irene Bom","@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#\/schema\/person\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4"},"headline":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4","datePublished":"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/"},"wordCount":401,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#\/schema\/person\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4"},"keywords":["Holy week","hw2017"],"articleSection":["meditation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/","url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/","name":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4 - Prayer matters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-11T21:22:19+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-22T22:56:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/11\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-4\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2017 windows on Holy Week #4"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/","name":"Prayer matters","description":"International Presbytery of the Church of Scotland","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#\/schema\/person\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/#\/schema\/person\/73ccc5dd58556662821340064c0d24a4","name":"Irene Bom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Irene Bom"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6cb38123f3f0db25e487520afc310f04816935f0795f0254ae6811317d0aa46?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8u2Du-7Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":594,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/13\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":0},"title":"2017 windows on Holy Week #5","author":"Irene Bom","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jerusalem streets (photo: Kate McDonald) On the road to Golgotha Luke 23:26-31 (NIV) As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large number of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;meditation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"meditation","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/meditation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_5_jerusalem_streets.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_5_jerusalem_streets.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_5_jerusalem_streets.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_5_jerusalem_streets.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_5_jerusalem_streets.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":598,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/13\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":1},"title":"2017 windows on Holy Week #6","author":"Irene Bom","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Nazareth (photo: Kate McDonald) Golgotha Luke 23:33-43 (NIV) When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals\u2014one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, \u201cFather, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.\u201d And they divided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;meditation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"meditation","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/meditation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_6_nazareth_cross.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_6_nazareth_cross.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_6_nazareth_cross.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_6_nazareth_cross.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_6_nazareth_cross.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":572,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/09\/2017-windows-on-holy-week-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":2},"title":"2017 windows on Holy Week #1","author":"Irene Bom","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Temple Mount (photo: Kate McDonald) On the way to Jerusalem John 12:12-19 (NIV) The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, \u2018Hosanna!\u2019 \u2018Blessed is he who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;meditation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"meditation","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/meditation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_1_temple_mount.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_1_temple_mount.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_1_temple_mount.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_1_temple_mount.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_whw_1_temple_mount.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4349,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/02\/27\/wild-hope-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":3},"title":"Wild hope #2","author":"Irene Bom","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaped by the wind \u00a0(Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 I wonder: What is the relationship between hope and waiting? Maybe Psalm 130 can give us some clues. Psalm 130 features on a CD called Send us a Friend that I made with Friends and Neighbours in 2013. The song is called\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bible&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wind_art.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wind_art.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wind_art.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wind_art.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11613,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/06\/09\/hard-of-hearing\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":4},"title":"Hard of hearing","author":"Irene Bom","date":"June 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(Photo: Irene Bom) Prayer of Confession (inspired by 1 Samuel 3, John 1: 43-51) God of grace, in the days when your word was rarely heard and when visions were scarce, you broke into Samuel's life and called his name ... and he said \"Here I am, speak, for your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;confession&quot;","block_context":{"text":"confession","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/confession\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/question_what_you_see_poppy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/question_what_you_see_poppy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/question_what_you_see_poppy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/question_what_you_see_poppy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6601,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/12\/21\/in-the-clouds\/","url_meta":{"origin":494,"position":5},"title":"In the clouds","author":"Irene Bom","date":"December 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Photo: Irene Bom) \u00a0 Let me encourage you with these words, as Paul suggests: \u00a0 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bible&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/send_in_the_clouds.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/send_in_the_clouds.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/send_in_the_clouds.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/send_in_the_clouds.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/meditation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">meditation<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"&nbsp; In the Praetorium Matthew 27:27-30 (NIV) Then the governor\u2019s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}