{"id":6629,"date":"2021-02-21T01:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T01:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2021-02-21T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T08:52:21","slug":"first-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/21\/first-sunday-in-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"First Sunday in Lent"},"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&amp;version=v9.0\" nonce=\"EbDBpozi\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6630\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LentDesert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" \/>On the first Sunday in Lent we always hear one of the accounts from the gospels of Jesus stay for forty days in the wilderness &#8211; this year, from the gospel of Mark (chapter 1). As in this picture, the Lord is depicted by Mark as being at peace with the wild animals, and being cared for by angels.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God bless and take care<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Fr Ashley<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3680740552022841&amp;id=773012899462302\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3680740552022841&amp;id=773012899462302\"><p>This weekend sees the ecumenical Poverty Sunday, with special resources organised by Church Action on Poverty; details&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\">St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3680740552022841&amp;id=773012899462302\">Saturday, February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first Sunday in Lent we always hear one of the accounts from the gospels of Jesus stay for forty days in the wilderness &#8211; this year, from the gospel of Mark (chapter 1). As in this picture, the Lord is depicted by Mark as being at peace with the wild animals, and being cared for by angels. God bless and take care Fr Ashley This weekend sees the ecumenical Poverty Sunday, with special resources organised by Church Action on Poverty; details&#8230; Posted by St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham on\u00a0Saturday, February 20, 2021<\/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-6629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629","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=6629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6634,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions\/6634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}