{"id":87121,"date":"2016-03-27T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/were-off\/"},"modified":"2016-04-08T17:42:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T00:42:04","slug":"were-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/were-off\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>hen in April the sweet showers fall<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>nd pierce the drought of March to the root, and all<br \/>\nThe veins are bathed in liquor of such power<br \/>\nAs brings about the engendering of the flower,<br \/>\nWhen also Zephyrus with his sweet breath<br \/>\nExhales an air in every grove and heath<br \/>\nUpon the tender shoots, and the young sun<br \/>\nHis half-course in the sign of the Ram has run,<br \/>\nAnd the small fowl are making melody<br \/>\nThat sleep away the night with open eye<br \/>\n(So nature pricks them and their heart engages)<br \/>\nThen people long to go on pilgrimages<br \/>\nAnd palmers long to seek the stranger strands<br \/>\nOf far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands<\/p>\n<p>(<em>The Canterbury Tales<\/em>, a modern translation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2013\/03\/31\/excelsior\/k09-04-24-75\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1059\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/k09-04-24-75-e1364337744562.jpg?resize=302%2C452\" alt=\"Peregrino\" width=\"302\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1059\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and heath Upon the tender shoots, and the young sun His half-course [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mFb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55759,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/and-im-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":0},"title":"And I\u2019m Off!","author":"Thom","date":"31 March 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"When in April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower, When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath Exhales an air in every grove and heath\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Peregrino","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/k09-04-24-75-e1364337744562.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":93,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/sequence-for-pentecost\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":1},"title":"Sequence for Pentecost","author":"Thom","date":"23 May 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Enjoy! I wonder what (if any) version of this will be sung in my parish today? Veni Sancte SpiritusVeni, Sancte Spiritus,et em\u00edtte ca\u00e9lituslucis tuae r\u00e1dium.Veni, pater p\u00e1uperum,veni, dator m\u00fanerum,veni, lumen c\u00f3rdium.Consolator \u00f3ptime,dulcis hospes animae.dulce refrigerium.In lab\u00f3re r\u00e9quies,in aestu temp\u00e9ries,in fletu sol\u00e1cium.O lux beat\u00edssima, reple cordis \u00edntimatu\u00f3rum fid\u00e9lium.Sine tuo n\u00famine,nihil est\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chant&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chant","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/chant\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/o-oriens\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":2},"title":"O Oriens","author":"Thom","date":"21 December 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Short, sweet, and on the solstice. \"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.\" (Isaiah 9:1[2])Today is also the feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle in the old calendar.O Oriens,splendor lucis \u00e6t\u00e9rnae, et sol\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chant&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chant","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/chant\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":34205,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/34205\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":3},"title":"Becket and Chaucer","author":"Thom","date":"29 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Each year on this, his feast day, I write a short article about Saint Thomas Becket. Having the birth name \"Thomas\", I take Becket and Aquinas as patrons. Last year, I quoted a small passage from G.K. Chesterton on the matter of Becket's martyrdom. This year, I'd like to focus\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Saint Thomas Becket","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/saintthomasbecket.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":100115,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/prayer-request-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":4},"title":"Prayer Request","author":"Thom","date":"09 September 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"you please in your charity pray a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in regards to the situation at our parish of Holy Rosary? Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your powerful name, the protection of the living and the salvation of the dying. Purest\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2019 Transitions in Tacoma&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2019 Transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2019-transitions-in-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Our-Lady-of-Perpetual-Help.jpg?fit=518%2C650&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4299,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-fortnight-of-prayer\/","url_meta":{"origin":87121,"position":5},"title":"A Fortnight of Prayer","author":"Thom","date":"20 June 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a very brief note, because I'm home ill. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced a \"Fortnight for Freedom\", which begins tomorrow. The project is part of the bishops' call to penance and prayer to restore religious freedom and conscience protections in the United States. And who couldn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hans Holbein the Younger: Sir Thomas More","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/482px-Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Sir_Thomas_More_-_Google_Art_Project-241x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87122,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87121\/revisions\/87122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}