{"id":5618,"date":"2020-08-24T10:01:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T10:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2020-08-24T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T10:01:07","slug":"feast-of-st-bartholomew-the-apostle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/feast-of-st-bartholomew-the-apostle\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of St Bartholomew the Apostle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"UTgtIjjR\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today is the feast of St Bartholomew the Apostle. Tradition has it that he was martyred by being flayed alive in India. One of the oldest hospitals in England is dedicated to him so it&#8217;s a good day to pray for the patients and staff there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is also the grim anniversary of the infamous massacre of hundreds of Protestants in France in the year 1572, captured vividly in the film &#8216;La Reine Margot&#8217;; so a day of penitence and self-reflection for Catholics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God bless and take care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fr Ashley<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5619 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118209231_3191844440912457_6455869083588599417_n-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5621 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118517576_3191844830912418_3991745549770911406_n-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/118403102_3191845874245647_1650370185861215031_n-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"S3TBd4kp\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3191853457578222&amp;id=773012899462302\" data-width=\"680\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3191853457578222&amp;id=773012899462302\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\">St Edmund&#039;s Church, Beckenham<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3191853457578222&amp;id=773012899462302\">Monday, 24 August 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the feast of St Bartholomew the Apostle. Tradition has it that he was martyred by being flayed alive in India. One of the oldest hospitals in England is dedicated to him so it&#8217;s a good day to pray for the patients and staff there. It is also the grim anniversary of the infamous massacre of hundreds of Protestants in France in the year 1572, captured vividly in the film &#8216;La Reine Margot&#8217;; so a day of penitence and self-reflection for Catholics. God bless and take care Fr Ashley Posted by St Edmund&#039;s Church, Beckenham on&nbsp;Monday, 24 August 2020 &nbsp;<\/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-5618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5618","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=5618"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5627,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5618\/revisions\/5627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}