{"id":7444,"date":"2025-01-22T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2025-01-21T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:48:26","slug":"when-we-love-the-least-of-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/mercy\/when-we-love-the-least-of-these\/","title":{"rendered":"When we love the least of these"},"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\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"575\" data-attachment-id=\"7445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/mercy\/when-we-love-the-least-of-these\/attachment\/jan17ma\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?fit=479%2C575&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"479,575\" 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;1737481178&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=\"jan17ma\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?fit=479%2C575&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?resize=479%2C575&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7445\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?w=479&amp;ssl=1 479w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/jan17ma.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">the Least of these . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rAlE2EnUP5A&amp;t=21s\">Song <\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Least of these . 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