{"id":11557,"date":"2023-10-06T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:37:16","slug":"a-liturgy-for-walking-in-the-cool-of-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11557","title":{"rendered":"A Liturgy for walking in the cool of the morning\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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\">Jesus, thank you for this refreshing hour.\n\nThe coolness of this day is such a gracious reprieve.\nThe heat and dust,\nThe sweat and grime,\nThe shooting pain and nagging frustration,\nThey are absent.\n\nInstead it seems as though you have given this special place to me for this hour.\nThe trees hushed above.\nThe dew on the grass.\nThe song of the birds.\nThe laugh of the stream. \nThe steady movement toward my goal.\n\nEven my own body seems to know this moment is different.\nMy aches of yesterday are quiet right now.\nThe weight of my pack is present, but not obtrusive.\nMy sore feet know that they are doing exactly what they were made to do.\nI am tired, but content.\n\nThank you Jesus for this hour.\n\nYou have made it\nAs you have made all that I see and all that is beyond my sight. \nIt is by your power that all things exist and hold together.\nEven the heavens cannot hide their Creator behind their brilliance.\nI am a mere babe.\n\nWho am I to receive this hour?\nWhy would you give me this special moment?\nYou care for all creation, \nFrom the insects to the great beasts,\nFrom the soaring eagles to the simple plankton,\nFrom the depths to the heights,\nFrom the east to the west,\nBut yet you have set your thoughts on me.\n\nOh Jesus, you are majestic over all.\u2060\n-------------\nPsalm 8<\/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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