{"id":5557,"date":"2023-11-19T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=5557"},"modified":"2023-11-19T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T21:06:23","slug":"how-the-psalms-comfort-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/how-the-psalms-comfort-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Psalms comfort the Heart"},"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\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/how-the-psalms-comfort-the-heart\/attachment\/nov18a-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?fit=378%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"378,331\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;surfer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1700324899&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nov18a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?fit=378%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?resize=625%2C547&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5558\" width=\"625\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?w=378&amp;ssl=1 378w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nov18a.jpg?resize=300%2C263&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Psalms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s no greater book in the Bible than the Psalms to teach you how to pray with the heart. 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They were and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-evangelization","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1rD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7141,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-tehillim\/","url_meta":{"origin":5557,"position":0},"title":"the Tehillim","author":"monks4christ","date":"November 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Book of Psalms There\u2019s no greater book in the Bible than the Psalms to teach you how to pray with the heart. 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