{"id":5917,"date":"2024-02-03T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=5917"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:05:53","slug":"saint-blaise-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-blaise-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Blaise . Saturday"},"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\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-blaise-saturday\/attachment\/feb2aab-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?fit=538%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"538,540\" 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;1706822235&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=\"feb2aab-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?fit=538%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?resize=625%2C627&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5921\" width=\"625\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?w=538&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feb2aab-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer from the the Blessing of the Throats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit<\/em>\u00a0. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saint Blase was the bishop of Sebaste in Armenia during the fourth century. Very little is known about his life. According to various accounts\u2026 he was a physician before becoming a bishop. His cult spread throughout the entire Church in the Middle Ages because he was reputed to have miraculously cured a little boy who nearly died because of a fishbone in his throat.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer from the the Blessing of the Throats Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit\u00a0. Saint Blase was the bishop of Sebaste in [&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":[44,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1xr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9188,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/saint-blaise-tuesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":5917,"position":0},"title":"Saint Blaise . 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