{"id":89305,"date":"2018-01-24T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=89305"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T22:37:25","slug":"prayer-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/prayer-for-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nS<\/span>aint Francis de Sales, whose memorial is celebrated today on the modern calendar, is the patron saint of writers. I pray for his intercession in times of writing struggles.<\/p>\n

M<\/span>ay the Lord guide me <\/em>and all those who write.
\nThrough your prayers, Saint Francis de Sales,
\nI ask for your intercession
\nas I attempt to bring the written word to the world.
\nMay God take me in the palm of His hand
\nand inspire my creativity and my success.
\nSaint Francis de Sales,
\nyou understand the dedication required.
\nPray for God to inspire and allow ideas to flow.
\nIn His name, let my words reflect
\nmy faith for others to read.<\/p>\n

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

Saint Francis de Sales, whose memorial is celebrated today on the modern calendar, is the patron saint of writers. I pray for his intercession in times of writing struggles. May the Lord guide me and all those who write. Through your prayers, Saint Francis de Sales, I ask for your intercession as I attempt to bring the written word to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89304,"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":[19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pray","category-saint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/img_4409-2.jpg?fit=960%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nep","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90600,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-life-of-perfection-and-a-prayer-for-writers\/","url_meta":{"origin":89305,"position":0},"title":"The Life of Perfection and a Prayer for Writers","author":"Thom","date":"24 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't speak for anybody else, but I need all the help I can get. 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