{"id":1181,"date":"2025-10-27T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:25:58","slug":"6-beast-spared-from-wolf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/fsi\/miracles\/6-beast-spared-from-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 6: The Beast Spared from the Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A farm without animals is a field without strength. Tradition tells that a wolf menaced Isidore\u2019s beast of burden. He made the sign of the Cross and prayed; the attacker withdrew, and the creature was spared. The episode is brief but eloquent: man is steward, not tyrant; prayer extends to the creatures that serve human need; and fear yields to confidence in God. The miracle does not forbid vigilance or fence and staff; it places them within a larger obedience, where the work of hands is kept by the Maker of all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord of creation, bless the creatures entrusted to our care and the labour they make possible. Defend us from harm and calm our fears. Saint Isidore, pray for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> Psalm 104; Proverbs 12:10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A farm without animals is a field without strength. Tradition tells that a wolf menaced Isidore\u2019s beast of burden. He made the sign of the Cross and prayed; the attacker withdrew, and the creature was spared. The episode is brief but eloquent: man is steward, not tyrant; prayer extends to the creatures that serve human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1161,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1181\/revisions\/1182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holy-see.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}