{"id":8054,"date":"2025-05-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=8054"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:18:26","slug":"fifth-week-of-easter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/fifth-week-of-easter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Week of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"374\" data-attachment-id=\"6254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/fourth-week-of-easter\/attachment\/easter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?fit=901%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"901,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;neo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1651446076&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=\"easter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?fit=625%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?resize=625%2C259&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?w=901&amp;ssl=1 901w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?resize=768%2C319&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/easter.jpg?resize=624%2C259&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1 Corinthians 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you<\/strong><br><strong>of the gospel I preached to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 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