{"id":7212,"date":"2024-12-01T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2024-12-01T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:51:18","slug":"advent-carols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/advent-carols\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent Carols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"367\" data-attachment-id=\"4080\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/advent-hymns-5\/attachment\/dec1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?fit=649%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"649,367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1607021384&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=\"dec1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?fit=625%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?resize=625%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4080\" style=\"width:865px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?w=649&amp;ssl=1 649w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dec1.jpg?resize=624%2C353&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advent Hymns<\/strong>&nbsp;.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mqRrwcYFhG8\">VID<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comfort, comfort, O my people,<\/strong><br><strong>Speak of peace, now says our God;<\/strong><br><strong>Comfort those who sit in darkness,<\/strong><br><strong>Mourning \u2019neath their sorrows\u2019 load.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speak unto Jerusalem<\/strong><br><strong>Of the peace that waits for them;<\/strong><br><strong>Tell of all the sins I cover,<\/strong><br><strong>And that warfare now is over.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent Hymns&nbsp;.&nbsp;VID Comfort, comfort, O my people,Speak of peace, now says our God;Comfort those who sit in darkness,Mourning \u2019neath their sorrows\u2019 load. Speak unto JerusalemOf the peace that waits for them;Tell of all the sins I cover,And that warfare now is over.<\/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":[55,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-evangelization","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-spiritual-practices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1Sk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1270,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/advent-hymns\/","url_meta":{"origin":7212,"position":0},"title":"Advent Hymns","author":"monks4christ","date":"December 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Advent Hymns www.youtube.com Comfort, comfort, O my people, Speak of peace, now says our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning \u2019neath their sorrows\u2019 load. 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