{"id":27098,"date":"2012-08-01T05:43:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T09:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/pope-benedicts-prayer-intentio-7\/"},"modified":"2012-08-01T05:43:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T09:43:45","slug":"pope-benedicts-prayer-intentio-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/pope-benedicts-prayer-intentio-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict&#8217;s prayer intentions for August 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:documentproperties>\n<o:template>Normal<\/o:template>\n<o:revision>0<\/o:revision>\n<o:totaltime>0<\/o:totaltime>\n<o:pages>1<\/o:pages>\n<o:words>58<\/o:words>\n<o:characters>331<\/o:characters>\n<o:company>Liturgy Traing Publ.<\/o:company>\n<o:lines>2<\/o:lines>\n<o:paragraphs>1<\/o:paragraphs>\n<o:characterswithspaces>406<\/o:characterswithspaces>\n<o:version>10.260<\/o:version>\n<\/o:documentproperties>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:worddocument>\n<w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n<w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin><\/w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin>\n<\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/B16%20at%20Gandolfo%202012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"B16 at Gandolfo 2012.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2012\/08\/B16 at Gandolfo 2012-thumb-285x366-12307.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"366\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a>How often do we take seriously the Lord&#8217;s teaching that we ought to pray (and care for) our enemies? Likely, not often. We allowed our emotions and prejudices and our hurt to get in the way of loving those who oppose even in a small way. It&#8217;s been said, &#8220;Our simple and profound life, in which every moment of<br \/>\nthe day is offered to God, helps them find purpose in their often difficult<br \/>\nlife behind bars.&#8221; Pope Benedict&#8217;s intentions for August draw us closer to what the Lord wants. Let&#8217;s join him and the Church in prayer for the human dignity of those in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>The general intention<\/i>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">That prisoners may be treated with<br \/>\njustice and respect for their human dignity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>The missionary intention<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">That young<br \/>\npeople, called to follow Christ, may be willing to proclaim and bear witness to<br \/>\nthe Gospel to the ends of the earth.<\/span><!--EndFragment-->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often do we take seriously the Lord&#8217;s teaching that we ought to pray (and care for) our enemies? Likely, not often. We allowed our emotions and prejudices and our hurt to get in the way of loving those who oppose even in a small way. It&#8217;s been said, &#8220;Our simple and profound life, in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/08\/pope-benedicts-prayer-intentio-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pope Benedict&#8217;s prayer intentions for August 2012<\/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":[7],"tags":[2925],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27098"}],"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=27098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}