{"id":6792,"date":"2021-03-11T12:02:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2021-03-11T12:02:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T12:02:05","slug":"the-exorcism-of-the-mute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/the-exorcism-of-the-mute\/","title":{"rendered":"The exorcism of the mute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6793\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/240px-JesusCuresamute.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>This exorcism miracle is recounted in today&#8217;s gospel from Luke 11. The Lord makes it clear that his victory over evil rests on the kingdom of evil being divided against itself; this makes sense in lots of ways. When we give way to sin so often we&#8217;re obsessed with independence and selfishness, vices which make it impossible to cooperate with other people; such a kingdom, such a nation, falls in the end. The challenge in our first reading from Jeremiah (7: 21-28) illustrates how the kingdom of Judah has turned its back on God, not following his commands &#8211; similar really.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good bless and take care<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fr Ashley<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6600 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/R7959a0e37028af9e3ee04b8968c95790-300x101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This exorcism miracle is recounted in today&#8217;s gospel from Luke 11. The Lord makes it clear that his victory over evil rests on the kingdom of evil being divided against itself; this makes sense in lots of ways. When we give way to sin so often we&#8217;re obsessed with independence and selfishness, vices which make it impossible to cooperate with other people; such a kingdom, such a nation, falls in the end. The challenge in our first reading from Jeremiah (7: 21-28) illustrates how the kingdom of Judah has turned its back on God, not following his commands &#8211; similar really. Good bless and take care Fr Ashley<\/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-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","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=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6796,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions\/6796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}