{"id":1450,"date":"2006-06-23T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2006\/06\/23\/midday-prayer\/"},"modified":"2006-06-23T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2006-06-23T16:00:45","slug":"midday-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2006\/06\/23\/midday-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Midday Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em> A prayer to kickstart the rest of our Friday.<\/em><br>\nGod of mercy,<br>\nthis midday moment of rest is your welcome gift.<br>\nBless the work we have begun,<br>\nand make good its defects and let us finish it in a way that pleases you,<br>\nGrant this through Christ our Lord.<br>\nAmen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prayer to kickstart the rest of our Friday. 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