{"id":11569,"date":"2023-11-17T03:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11569"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:49:04","slug":"a-liturgy-for-when-treated-unkindly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11569","title":{"rendered":"A Liturgy for when treated unkindly"},"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\">O Jesus, rescue me.\nI am angry and resentful.\nI am fearful and discouraged.\nI am confused and unnerved.\nAll of them bundled together,\nOne coming to the surface and then disappearing while another takes its place.\n\nWhat did I do to deserve this treatment?\nI opened up with another.\nI thought we were agreed.\nBut then I was treated as an enemy.\n\nIs there something that is within them\nA memory, a similarity, a fear,\nThat was triggered by my presence or my actions?\n\nO Jesus, you were treated as an enemy,\nYet you are the friend of sinners,\nThe lifter of the weak,\nThe protector of the helpless.\n\nYou were carried to the cliff.\nYou were forced out of town.\nYou were stalked in the darkness.\nYou were nailed to a cross.\n\nO Jesus, you felt the disapproval of the elite.\nYou felt the betrayal of friends.\nYou felt the abandonment of humanity.\nYou felt the wrath of God.\n\nBut yet you forgave.\nYou prayed for your tormentors.\nYou fed those who forsook you.\nYou held out your hands to those who doubted.\n\nO Jesus, you know my heart.\nYou know the pride that lies beneath my actions.\nYou know the fear that motivates so much of what I do.\nYou know the anger that undergirds my words.\n\nO Jesus, you know my heart.\nYou know my desire to love.\nYou know my desire to make peace.\nYou know my desire to give hope.\n\nForgive this treatment that I have received,\nO Jesus,\nAnd forgive me.\n-------------\nLuke 23<\/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. You can get a free digital copy here. Downloading and giving your feedback helps us to spread the word. O Jesus, rescue me. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=11569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[107,65],"tags":[105,114,54],"class_list":["post-11569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camino-de-santiago","category-spain","tag-camino-de-santiago","tag-poetry","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-30B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Liturgies-for-the-Pilgrim-Cover.jpg?fit=1410%2C2250&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11570,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569\/revisions\/11570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}