{"id":2496,"date":"2026-03-06T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:51:48","slug":"sunday-conversations-february-29-2026-first-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/?p=2496","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Conversations February 29, 2026, First Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong><u>In\u00a0Communion<\/u><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Your Sweet Gates we gather, multitude called, beckoned, drawn by Your Fullness.<\/p>\n<p>Common in our needing, our thirst and our\u00a0emptiness,<\/p>\n<p>common in our\u00a0brokenness\u00a0and hearts worn, sore, tender.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We gather bowing at Your Knowing Gate,<\/p>\n<p>Mask\u00a0and pretense fall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Met with Mercy, we breathe the air of Your Kindness.<\/p>\n<p>You wash over us with cleansing\u00a0Waters,<\/p>\n<p>knowing our every\u00a0wound\u00a0and wondering.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At Your Sweet Gates we\u00a0gather,<\/p>\n<p>hounded by\u00a0a biting\u00a0bitterness,<\/p>\n<p>loud, so\u00a0loud and\u00a0persistent in its snarling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Common in our\u00a0needing, we\u00a0gather,<\/p>\n<p>falling in surrender at Your Defending Gate<\/p>\n<p>and You, in Your power usher us\u00a0in,\u00a0into Your Courts of Caring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fresh Air of Hope hovers over us.<\/p>\n<p>Our mouths, no more menaced into silence, open, common now with\u00a0asking,<\/p>\n<p>Great Creator in Your Mercy\u2026..\u00a0hear our prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn\u00a0Communion\u201d At Your Sweet Gates we gather, multitude called, beckoned, drawn by Your Fullness. Common in our needing, our thirst and our\u00a0emptiness, common in our\u00a0brokenness\u00a0and hearts worn, sore, tender. &nbsp; We gather bowing at Your Knowing Gate, Mask\u00a0and pretense fall. &nbsp; Met with Mercy, we breathe the air of Your Kindness. You wash over us with cleansing\u00a0Waters, knowing our every\u00a0wound\u00a0and wondering. &nbsp; At Your Sweet Gates we\u00a0gather, hounded by\u00a0a biting\u00a0bitterness, loud, so\u00a0loud and\u00a0persistent in its snarling. &nbsp; Common in our\u00a0needing, we\u00a0gather, falling in surrender at Your Defending Gate and You, in Your power usher us\u00a0in,\u00a0into Your Courts of Caring. &nbsp; The Fresh Air of Hope hovers over us. Our mouths, no more menaced into silence, open, common now with\u00a0asking, Great Creator in Your Mercy\u2026..\u00a0hear our prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[156],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-lent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/2497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitylclb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}