{"id":2784,"date":"2013-12-18T05:01:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2016-10-10T19:30:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T02:30:05","slug":"a-fresh-coat-of-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/a-fresh-coat-of-paint","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh Coat of Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paint<\/p>\n

It’s about time I put a fresh coat of paint on this site and try to get back into the habit of blogging. I don’t know if there are many people out there still reading this blog or listening to the homilies that I post each month–I never have learned how to accurately interpret subscriber stats; but for those of you still subscribed and reading, thanks for sticking with me. If you’re reading this in a blog reader or your email app, then I encourage you to click on over to the website to see the new look.<\/p>\n

The blog theme I’ve chosen is called Quintus, created by the good folks at Automattic<\/a>, and I like its elegant simplicity. I’ve chosen the Archaic color scheme because I find it soothing and I like the way it looks with the header image.<\/p>\n

The header image, by the way, comes from the painting The Angelus<\/a><\/em> by Jean-Francois Millet. I’ve adopted it as the main image for most of my various homes on the Internet: Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Google+<\/a>, iTunes<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>. What I love most about it is the reminder that prayer belongs in the midst of the day, and not just in the morning or evening. When I see the man and woman with bowed heads in the middle of the field, I’m reminded to pause during the heart of my day and have a little chat with God.<\/p>\n

For today’s prayer, I copy here the antiphon for tonight’s Evening Prayer, the second of the seven “O Antiphons” which refer to Jesus by his ancient titles.<\/p>\n

O Sacred Lord of ancient Israel, who showed yourself to Moses in the burning bush, who gave him the holy law on Sinai mountain: come, stretch out your mighty hand to set us free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fr. Austin Fleming has a beautiful meditation on today’s O Antiphon<\/a> over at his blog, A Concord Pastor Comments<\/em>. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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