{"id":527,"date":"2003-02-02T13:35:51","date_gmt":"2003-02-02T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanuera.com\/cmwp\/?p=527"},"modified":"2003-02-02T13:35:51","modified_gmt":"2003-02-02T13:35:51","slug":"light-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"light years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"quote\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ah St Mary&#8217;s! arching to-the heavens<br \/>\nbuilt from the meagre pennies of migrants<br \/>\nwhere mitre rules amidst candles, incense<br \/>\nand the ushered solemnly devour the divine<br \/>\nwhile on park benches outside, in the sub-ways<br \/>\nJesus sleeps, uncovered, unloved<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>crow-fly to Redfem, a mixed bag<br \/>\nwalking bare boards, well trod, respectfully<br \/>\njoining the aboriginal Christ at the banquet table<br \/>\nsometimes jostling with kids<br \/>\na community overspilling, cheerfully<br \/>\nat even the most sacred times<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>St Vincent&#8217;s, St Mary&#8217;s, parallel                            lines<br \/>\nfollowing the same ancient ritual<br \/>\neat, drink, do this in memory<br \/>\nseparated by a chasm of belief, practice<br \/>\ntwo miles apart by crow-fly<br \/>\nlight years in thinking, acting<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>what impact O fiery flame of Pentecost?<br \/>\nwhere does the heart of Christ beat?<br \/>\namong soft hues filtering through rose windows?<br \/>\nor in the scarred lives of koori dispossessed?<br \/>\nancient Word made flesh<br \/>\ndo what in memory of me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>ah St Mary&#8217;s! arching to-the heavens<br \/> built from the meagre pennies of migrants<br \/> where mitre rules amidst candles, incense<br \/> and the ushered solemnly devour the divine<br \/> while on park benches outside, in the sub-ways<br \/> Jesus sleeps, uncovered, unloved<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>crow-fly to Redfem, a mixed bag<br \/> walking bare boards, well trod, respectfully<br \/> joining the aboriginal Christ at the banquet table<br \/> sometimes jostling with kids<br \/> a community overspilling, cheerfully<br \/> at even the most sacred times<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>St Vincent&#8217;s, St Mary&#8217;s, parallel lines<br \/> following the same ancient ritual<br \/> eat, drink, &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=527\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morsels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}