{"id":5558,"date":"2020-08-05T19:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=5558"},"modified":"2020-08-05T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:16:32","slug":"from-our-facebook-page-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/05\/from-our-facebook-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From our Facebook Page&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D3137963442967224%26id%3D773012899462302&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"462\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D3137572729672962%26id%3D773012899462302&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"560\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> \u200ePope Francis prays for victims of Lebanon explosion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prays for victims of a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, which killed dozens and caused serious destruction.By Vatican NewsDuring the weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis prayed for Lebanon in the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.&#8221;Yesterday in Beirut, near the port, there were massive explosions causing dozens of deaths, wounding thousands and causing serious destruction,&#8221; said the Pope.\u201cLet us pray for the victims, for their families; and let us pray for Lebanon so that, through the dedication of all its social, political and religious elements, it might face this extremely tragic and painful moment and, with the help of the international community, overcome the grave crisis they are experiencing,\u201d the Pope prayed.Lebanon is in mourning after a massive explosion ripped through its capital Beirut and surrounding areas on Tuesday evening, killing at least 100 people and injuring thousands, with many feared still trapped under rubble.According to local authorities, the explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse in the port of Lebanon\u2019s capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D3138254432938125%26id%3D773012899462302&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p>READ ALSO From the Vatican Web Site today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pope Francis also reminded the faithful that Thursday is the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord.In his address to the Polish-speaking faithful, the Pope said that Jesus revealed His Divine Majesty during the Transfiguration to His disciples, and through them, to all of us. We should therefore obey God\u2019s command at the Transfiguration when the voice from heaven said \u201cthis is My beloved Son\u2026listen to Him\u201d (Mt 17:5).The Holy Father invited everyone to \u201ckeep their gaze always fixed on the resplendent face of God\u201d in the transfigured Christ on Mount Tabor, because \u201cHe is the light that illuminates the events of every day.\u201dPope Francis resumed the weekly General Audience from the library of the Apostolic Palace on Wednesday after a short summer break during the month of July. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200ePope Francis prays for victims of Lebanon explosion At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prays for victims of a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, which killed dozens and caused serious destruction.By Vatican NewsDuring the weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis prayed for Lebanon in the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.&#8221;Yesterday in Beirut, near the port, there were massive explosions causing dozens of deaths, wounding thousands and causing serious destruction,&#8221; said the Pope.\u201cLet us pray for the victims, for their families; and let us pray for Lebanon so that, through the dedication of all its social, political and religious elements, it might face this extremely tragic and painful moment and, with the help of the international community, overcome the grave crisis they are experiencing,\u201d the Pope prayed.Lebanon is in mourning after a massive explosion ripped through its capital Beirut and surrounding areas on Tuesday evening, killing at least 100 people and injuring thousands, with many feared still trapped under rubble.According to local authorities, the explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse in the port of Lebanon\u2019s capital. READ ALSO From the Vatican Web Site today FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION Pope Francis also reminded the faithful that Thursday is the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord.In his address to the Polish-speaking faithful, the Pope said that Jesus revealed His Divine Majesty during the Transfiguration to His disciples, and through them, to all of us. We should therefore obey God\u2019s command at the Transfiguration when the voice from heaven said \u201cthis is My beloved Son\u2026listen to Him\u201d (Mt 17:5).The Holy Father invited everyone to \u201ckeep their gaze always fixed on the resplendent face of God\u201d in the transfigured Christ on Mount Tabor, because \u201cHe is the light that illuminates the events of every day.\u201dPope Francis resumed the weekly General Audience from the library of the Apostolic Palace on Wednesday after a short summer break during the month of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5558"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5574,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5558\/revisions\/5574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}