{"id":11567,"date":"2023-11-10T03:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11567"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:47:40","slug":"a-liturgy-for-kind-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11567","title":{"rendered":"A Liturgy for kind villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The following was taken from the resource we have compiled for pilgrims on the Camino De Santiago. You can get a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puntosluz.org\/caminando-el-camino\" target=\"_blank\">free digital copy here<\/a>. Downloading and giving your feedback helps us to spread the word. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I don\u2019t deserve the kindness of strangers, O God.\nThank you.\nThank you for this demonstration of your common grace.\nYou have reminded me again that you keep evil at bay,\nYour image in us impels us to value others,\nYou care for your children wherever they are.\nThank you.\n\nThank you for these men and women who give what they have,\nWho point me in the right direction,\nWho walk with me to the next turn,\nWho speak too quickly for me to understand but don\u2019t get frustrated,\nWho smile.\n\nThank you for those who painted the arrows\nAnd those who laid the cobblestone.\nThank you for those who clean the fountains\nAnd those who pick up the trash.\n\nThank you for the lady who watches from the window \nAnd greets me with a smile.\nThank you for the man with the cane\nWho keeps the dogs from nipping at my heels.\n\nThank you for the gardener who shared her produce.\nAnd thank you for the one who planted the fruit trees so close to the road.\n\nThank you for the child that shared her laugh with me.\nThank you for the elders who shared their bench with me.\n\nThank you for the panader\u00eda that baked this bread.\nThank you for the pharmacy who cared for my feet.\n\nThank you for the waitress, who without complaint\nCleaned up the mess I made.\nThank you for the couple who encouraged me in my own language.\n\nThank you for the stranger who gives of themselves.\nThank you that today I am the stranger who can receive.\nThank you.\n-------------\nLuke 10:25-37<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Liturgies-for-the-Pilgrim-Cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.puntosluz.org\/caminando-el-camino noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Liturgies-for-the-Pilgrim-Cover.jpg?resize=162%2C267\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11498\" width=\"162\" height=\"267\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was taken from the resource we have compiled for pilgrims on the Camino De Santiago. 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