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P<\/span>lease allow me to wish for everyone a happy and prosperous new year.<\/p>\n

May you have health and happiness in abundance. May you grow in wisdom and knowledge. May your creativity and passion flourish in fertile ground. May you grow closer to God, and may He grant you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please allow me to wish for everyone a happy and prosperous new year. May you have health and happiness in abundance. May you grow in wisdom and knowledge. May your creativity and passion flourish in fertile ground. May you grow closer to God, and may He grant you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-ephemera"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":453,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/spiritual-warfare\/","url_meta":{"origin":23,"position":0},"title":"Spiritual Warfare","author":"Thom","date":"04 April 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"During Lent, I am reading the Desert Fathers. 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