{"id":9188,"date":"2026-02-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=9188"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:04:22","slug":"saint-blaise-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/saint-blaise-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Blaise . Tuesday . Blessing of the Throat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blessing of the Throat ( Tuesday )<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit<\/em> .<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Blaise of Sebaste (Greek: \u1f0d\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u0392\u03bb\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2, H\u00e1gios Bl\u00e1sios; Latin: Blasius martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blessing of the Throat ( Tuesday ) Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit . Blaise of Sebaste (Greek: \u1f0d\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u0392\u03bb\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2, H\u00e1gios Bl\u00e1sios; Latin: […]<\/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":[10,44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-2oc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7509,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/saint-blaise-monday\/","url_meta":{"origin":9188,"position":0},"title":"St Blaise on Monday","author":"monks4christ","date":"February 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Blessing of the Throat ( Monday ) Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit\u00a0. 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