{"id":3277,"date":"2016-11-24T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T08:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3277"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T00:45:58","slug":"that-most-important-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/that-most-important-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"That Most Important Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Saint<\/a>
Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church in Sofia in Bulgaria<\/figcaption><\/figure>That most important prayer:
\nThat most forget to say –
\nThat is said by folk of all faiths
\nAt any time of the day…<\/p>\n

Its not the Hail Mary
\nOr the Our Father begging grace
\nIts not chanting Ommmmm like the Bhuddists
\nOr the Salah of Islam who Mecca face…<\/p>\n

It has no set words in any language
\nIt is universal to all faiths in part
\nIts not to ask to receive, but to say thanks
\nThe most important prayer, from the heart!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That most important prayer: That most forget to say – That is said by folk of all faiths At any time of the day… Its not the Hail Mary Or the Our Father begging grace Its not chanting Ommmmm like the Bhuddists Or the Salah of Islam who Mecca face… …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[446,880],"tags":[3298,3297,524,2350,1276,606,527,2072,1649,3299,3300],"class_list":["post-3277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","category-philosophy","tag-being-thankful","tag-christianity","tag-faith","tag-islam","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-prayer","tag-reflection","tag-thanks","tag-thanksgiving","tag-thanksgiving-prayer","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-QR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4549,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/simple-prayer-for-complex-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":3277,"position":0},"title":"Simple Prayer for Complex Times","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th September 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"There are those who say that prayer is dead In the Ireland of today Where rationalism and science of modern times Has swept faith and piseogs away. 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