{"id":3940,"date":"2017-09-12T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:08:29","slug":"after-touring-st-mels-cathederal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/after-touring-st-mels-cathederal\/","title":{"rendered":"After Touring St. Mels Cathederal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Windows<\/a>
Windows in Saint Mels Cathederal in Longford<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nWhere the fire burned… its smell intimately familiar
\nOne statue survived, mere damage and dust of smoke
\nPictured on the walls: the ruins, it looks now that there was never any
\nI listened, as the bishop of it spoke
\nOf the sculpture of the Stations and the Church Mice
\nOf how neither realistic or mystic was the style
\nWhat I understood most was what heretofore Id liked the least: the windows
\nTo make an environment for prayer: that made me smile
\nThe light flooded in as if God there dwelt among us
\nA baby being baptized below us bawled and cried
\nI said a silent prayer of few words and yet much meaning
\nIf Christ looked down I thought he’d say “That’s why I died”<\/p>\n

\"Stations<\/a>
Stations of the Cross at St Mels Cathederal Longford<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"St<\/a>
St Mels Cathederal Longford<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where the fire burned… its smell intimately familiar One statue survived, mere damage and dust of smoke Pictured on the walls: the ruins, it looks now that there was never any I listened, as the bishop of it spoke Of the sculpture of the Stations and the Church Mice Of …<\/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":[54,2925],"tags":[3823,3822,2218,42,334,527,2072,2219],"class_list":["post-3940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-longford","tag-ardagh-and-clonmacnois","tag-bishop-colm-o-reilly","tag-cathederal","tag-longford","tag-longford-cathederal","tag-prayer","tag-reflection","tag-st-mels","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-11y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3948,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/weekend-of-hit-and-miss-in-banagher-and-longford\/","url_meta":{"origin":3940,"position":0},"title":"Weekend of Hit and Miss in Banagher and Longford","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I made the Readings at the Pallet this year, and found that its ten years since I was in at the first one that I attended, with next years being the official 25th its hoped I was told to do something special such as a publication for it which would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Banagher"","block_context":{"text":"Banagher","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/banagher\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Windows in Saint Mels Cathederal in Longford","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Windows-in-Saint-Mels-Cathederal-in-Longford-165x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3946,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/defense-of-a-church-mouse\/","url_meta":{"origin":3940,"position":1},"title":"Defense of a Church Mouse","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Some sculptor scoundrel, storytellers and the sort Have slandered by folk, questioned our worth Made our reputation dirt, who in the church live, A slight the mousefolk of the chapels can not forgive. 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