{"id":554,"date":"2020-11-30T18:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/?p=554"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:56:59","slug":"poem-xi-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/2020\/11\/poem-xi-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"In Fatherly Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"554\" class=\"elementor elementor-554\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35961d7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35961d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-184e4b2\" data-id=\"184e4b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517a7f80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"517a7f80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-711 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/xi_2020_Page_07_Image_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was an orphan on this planet,<br \/>To no one I belonged as ward,<br \/>I always asked Him for His mercy<br \/>And placed all my hope in the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>My grandma, may God rest her soul,<br \/>She sowed in me from early on.<br \/>The wondrous mysteries of faith<br \/>Whose fruit now helps me to go on.<\/p>\n<p>My cherished, O my saintly grandma,<br \/>I am indebted to your love<br \/>Because you brought to my awareness<br \/>The loving Father from above.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/xi_2020_Page_07_Image_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For as the psalm says, \u201cWhen my father<br \/>And mother had to forsake me\u201d<br \/>The Lord in heaven sent his mercy<br \/>And kindly He laid hold of me.<\/p>\n<p>O soul of mine become so humble,<br \/>Adorn yourself with wings to fly<br \/>Through raising prayer always fervent<br \/>And love for our God Most High.<\/p>\n<p>Within yourself explore your heart<br \/>And seek out the mysterious source<br \/>From which existence drinks aplenty<br \/>The saving gift of divine force.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the path of your salvation,<br \/>Acquire peace and live alone,<br \/>Deny yourself all that is worldly,<br \/>Renounce it all to reach His throne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Saint John Jacob the Chozebite<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was an orphan on this planet<br \/>\nTo no one I belonged as 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