{"id":3607,"date":"2022-07-10T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2022-07-10T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T19:42:39","slug":"saint-benedict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-benedict\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-benedict\/attachment\/sb-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?fit=795%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"795,577\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?fit=625%2C454&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?resize=625%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3608\" width=\"625\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?w=795&amp;ssl=1 795w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SB.jpg?resize=624%2C453&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his (Jesus) paths by the guidance of the Gospel.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saint Benedict<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection. 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