{"id":1341,"date":"2020-12-14T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2020-12-14T21:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T01:07:16","slug":"st-john-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/st-john-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"St John of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/st-john-of-the-cross\/attachment\/dec14\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dec14.jpg?fit=605%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"605,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the 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