{"id":7661,"date":"2025-03-01T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2025-03-02T18:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:56:55","slug":"ash-this-wednesday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/ash-this-wednesday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash this Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"606\" data-attachment-id=\"4454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/ash-this-wednesday\/attachment\/feb16-ash-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?fit=603%2C606&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"603,606\" 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;1585264614&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=\"feb16-ASH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?fit=603%2C606&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?resize=625%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4454\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?w=603&amp;ssl=1 603w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/feb16-ASH.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">the Morning Star<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable. Keep your attention closely fixed on it, as you would on a lamp shining in a dark place until the first streaks of dawn appear and the morning star rises in your hearts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You have tasted that the Lord is good.* Come to him, a living stone,*.. chosen and precious in the sight of God and like living stones, let yourselves be built* into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2nd Letter of Peter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Morning Star We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable. Keep your attention closely fixed on it, as you would on a lamp shining in a dark place until the first streaks of dawn appear and the morning star rises in your hearts. You have tasted that the Lord is good.* Come to [&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-7661","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-1Zz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9262,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/ash-this-wednesday-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":7661,"position":0},"title":"Ash this Wednesday","author":"monks4christ","date":"February 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"the Morning Star We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable. 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