{"id":3112,"date":"2008-02-18T19:35:07","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T19:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/02\/bernadette\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:08:36","slug":"bernadette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/02\/bernadette\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernadette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/BernadetteBest.jpg\" alt=\"BernadetteBest.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"405\" \/><strong>Her Feast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the close of the day, I want to recall that February 18th is the feast of Saint Bernadette. Given that we are in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lourdes2008.com\/index_en.html\">Jubilee Year of Lourdes<\/a>, I cannot let the occasion pass unnoticed. Every Lent I choose one or more saints to be my companions and intercessors on the way to Holy Pascha. This year Saint Bernadette is among them. I have long cherished the Collect for her feast:<\/p>\n<p><em>O God, protector and friend of the humble,<br \/>\nWho filled Thy servant, Mary Bernard, with joy<br \/>\nby the apparition and conversation of the Immaculate Virgin Mary:<br \/>\ngrant, we pray, that by the simple way of faith<br \/>\nwe may be counted worthy to see Thee face to face in heaven.<br \/>\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,<br \/>\nWho, with Thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br \/>\nGod forever and ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Feast Before the close of the day, I want to recall that February 18th is the feast of Saint Bernadette. Given that we are in the Jubilee Year of Lourdes, I cannot let the occasion pass unnoticed. Every Lent I choose one or more saints to be my companions and intercessors on the way <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Oc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15971,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions\/15971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}