{"id":3052,"date":"2016-07-26T19:32:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2016-07-26T19:32:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T19:32:37","slug":"fr-jacques-hamel-martyr-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/fr-jacques-hamel-martyr-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr Jacques Hamel – Martyr – RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Murdered<\/a>
Murdered by Islamic State aligned fanatics. Fr Jacques Hamel RIP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He knelt in his parish church this morning
\nThe world knew not his name
\nBut God knew him – as strangers
\nOn the Devils Agenda came.<\/p>\n

Others came before them
\nThrough the centuries, through the years
\nThey murdered, ruled and terrified
\nPeople prayed through fearful tears.<\/p>\n

In times past out in the colonies
\nIn years not too long ago
\nWe too did the same to other faiths
\nSo they our faith would know.<\/p>\n

Now its our turn again to be on the defensive
\nWho on our faith have relied
\nIt saw us through darker times than these
\nWe bury our dead – our time we bide<\/p>\n

We know the sun will rise in the morning
\nAs it did in dark times past history does tell
\nThe innocent die at the hands of the guilty
\nBut in time all will be well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He knelt in his parish church this morning The world knew not his name But God knew him – as strangers On the Devils Agenda came. Others came before them Through the centuries, through the years They murdered, ruled and terrified People prayed through fearful tears. In times past out …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[102,1794,308],"tags":[3113,1569,1795,1177,1588,3114,2344],"class_list":["post-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam","category-islamic-state","category-obituaries","tag-fr-jacques-hamel","tag-france","tag-isis","tag-islamic-state","tag-martyr","tag-terrorism","tag-war-on-terror","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Ne","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3658,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/stations-of-the-cross-while-walking-home-from-work-on-good-friday-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":3052,"position":0},"title":"Stations of the Cross While Walking Home From Work on Good Friday Morning","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A reflection on Good Friday, contrition, the death of Christ, the arrogance and sins of the church, the current hope of lasting reform, and for a church and faith stronger in future through being humble and honest, not a political powerhouse. 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