{"id":4992,"date":"2018-05-15T19:29:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2018-05-15T19:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:29:47","slug":"life-that-gives-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/05\/15\/life-that-gives-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life that gives life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/05\/15\/life-that-gives-life\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1524910739&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0022026431718062&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\">Tulliallen Castle, spring 2018 &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Again Jesus said, \u2018Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.\u2019 And with that he breathed on them and said, \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit.\u2019&#8221;<\/em> (John 20:21-22)<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Holy Spirit, the life that gives life,<br \/>\nYou are the cause of all movement;<br \/>\nYou are the breath of all creatures;<br \/>\nYou are the salve that purifies our souls;<br \/>\nYou are the ointment that heals our wounds;<br \/>\nYou are the fire that warms our hearts;<br \/>\nYou are the light that guides our feet.<br \/>\nLet all the world praise you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nby <strong>Hildegard of Bingen<\/strong> (1098-1179)<br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.nl\/books?id=EFPUiFFPN80C&#038;printsec=frontcover&#038;dq=isbn:1853116238&#038;hl=en&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiqi6O9iMDTAhUFPxoKHZukBx8Q6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&#038;q&#038;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">2000 Years of Prayer<\/a><\/em> compiled by Michael Counsell, p. 122<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/03\/13\/testing-ground\/\">Testing ground<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulliallen Castle, spring 2018 &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; &#8220;Again Jesus said, \u2018Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.\u2019 And with that he breathed on them and said, \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit.\u2019&#8221; (John 20:21-22) Prayer Holy Spirit, the life that gives life, You are the cause of all movement; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/05\/15\/life-that-gives-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Life that gives life&#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,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":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}},"categories":[3],"tags":[134,22],"class_list":["post-4992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-breath","tag-holy-spirit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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