{"id":7990,"date":"2025-05-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2025-05-10T02:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:10:25","slug":"third-week-of-easter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/third-week-of-easter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Week of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"780\" data-attachment-id=\"3393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/the-easter-season\/attachment\/may10aa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?fit=782%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"782,780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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=\"may10aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?fit=625%2C623&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?resize=625%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3393\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?w=782&amp;ssl=1 782w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/may10aa.jpg?resize=624%2C622&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">the Reward of the Martyrs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I, John, saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. One of the elders said, \u2018These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and because they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb, they now stand in front of God\u2019s throne and serve him day and night in his sanctuary; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the One who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. They will never hunger or thirst again; neither the sun nor scorching wind will ever plague them, because the Lamb who is at the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">the Book of Revelation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Reward of the Martyrs I, John, saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. One of the elders said, \u2018These are the [&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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-saints-and-blesseds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-24S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9489,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/third-week-of-easter-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":7990,"position":0},"title":"Third Week of Easter","author":"monks4christ","date":"April 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"the Reward of the Martyrs I, John, saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. 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