{"id":26019,"date":"2010-12-04T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/saint-barbara\/"},"modified":"2010-12-04T07:00:40","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T11:00:40","slug":"saint-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/saint-barbara\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"St<\/a>Loving God, whose service calls forth<\/span><\/div>\n

Courage in Your
\nservant’s soul,<\/span><\/p>\n

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We here gathered
\nsing the praise of<\/span><\/p>\n

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One who bravely
\nreached heav’n’s goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Claiming Christ
\nas only Savior,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Scorning those
\nwith evil planned,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now with
\nwhite-robed brilliance vested,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Near Your throne
\nshe finds her stand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Teach us, as You
\ntaught St. Barb’ra,<\/span><\/p>\n
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How to love and
\nserve Your Name<\/span><\/p>\n

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That our hearts
\nmay not be conquered<\/span><\/p>\n

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By our fears or
\nlove of fame.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As she loved You
\nto her last breath,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Give us strength
\nto faithful be,<\/span><\/p>\n

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That our witness
\nmay be fearless<\/span><\/p>\n

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And our lives
\nunfeigned and free.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Glory be to God,
\nthe Father,<\/span><\/p>\n
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Glory be to God,
\nthe Son,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Glory be to God,
\nthe Spirit:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Glory to the
\nThree-in-One!<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the virgin
\nchoirs of heaven<\/span><\/p>\n

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And from tempted
\nsaints below,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Endless hymns
\nand praise unceasing<\/span>
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Shall from all
\nour hearts e’er flow.<\/span><\/p>\n

J. Michael Thompson, © copyright.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Loving God, whose service calls forth Courage in Your servant’s soul, We here gathered sing the praise of One who bravely reached heav’n’s goal. Claiming Christ as only Savior, Scorning those with evil planned, Now with white-robed brilliance vested, Near Your throne she finds her stand. Teach us, as You taught St. Barb’ra, How to … Continue reading Saint Barbara<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}