{"id":3353,"date":"2026-01-23T21:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:21:22","slug":"sunday-verses-mount-olivet-1-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=3353","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Mount Olivet’ (1\/24\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

in memory of Thich Nhat Hanh<\/i><\/p>\n

By RAHN ADAMS<\/b><\/p>\n

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‘MOUNT OLIVET,’ a brand-new pastel drawing by Timberley Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Across the sacred expanse, down the brown hill, through the leafless trees, \/ past the pilot-less autos and bystanders, \/ I glimpse the monks of peace, \/ Walking, walking, walking…<\/p>\n

Their saffron robes attract the sun like dreamcatchers do the moon, \/ leaving the highway and heading down, \/ then up and around the road’s curves, \/ Walking, walking, walking…<\/p>\n

Like a slow roller-coaster, a burnt-umber line of linked cars, \/ the monks climb to the summit as if being towed or driven \/ by some higher power that is always \/ Walking, walking, walking…<\/p>\n

Past all the lonely people standing with outstretched arms, \/ asking for alms with smartphones \/ from mindful men who breathe and walk \/ for themselves, for us all, and for a world of hope and healing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

in memory of Thich Nhat Hanh By RAHN ADAMS Across the sacred expanse, down the brown hill, through the leafless trees, \/ past the pilot-less autos and bystanders, \/ I glimpse the monks of peace, \/ Walking, walking, walking… Their saffron robes attract the sun like dreamcatchers do the moon, \/ leaving the highway and … Continue reading SUNDAY VERSES: ‘Mount Olivet’ (1\/24\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3353"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}