{"id":86127,"date":"2015-11-23T17:06:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T01:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=86127"},"modified":"2016-11-21T07:57:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T15:57:55","slug":"a-feast-on-the-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-feast-on-the-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"A Feast on the Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christ<\/a>
\nY<\/span>esterday, on the great feast of Christ the King, we held our annual feast of thanksgiving at Pistachio House.<\/p>\n

\"Franksgiving<\/a>We had a houseful of guests for dinner, including family and friends. We ate good food, drank good vino tinto (or beer, tonic, cider, water, coffee, or tea as the occasion demanded), played board games, wore silly hats, talked, and laughed. <\/p>\n

As it is every year at this time, Pistachio House was transformed into a great feasting hall of the ancient of days.<\/p>\n

It was an early thanksgiving, an opportunity to gather with some of those we love and give thanks to our creator for the bounties of His universe.<\/p>\n

\n

Almighty ever-living God,
\nwhose will is to restore all things
\nin your beloved Son, the King of the universe,
\ngrant, we pray,
\nthat the whole creation, set free from slavery,
\nmay render your majesty service
\nand ceaselessly proclaim your praise.<\/p>\n

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\none God, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, on the great feast of Christ the King, we held our annual feast of thanksgiving at Pistachio House. We had a houseful of guests for dinner, including family and friends. We ate good food, drank good vino tinto (or beer, tonic, cider, water, coffee, or tea as the occasion demanded), played board games, wore silly hats, talked, and laughed. 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