{"id":2743,"date":"2012-04-06T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T21:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2012-04-06T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T00:07:50","slug":"why-is-this-friday-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/why-is-this-friday-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is this Friday &#8220;Good&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/why-is-this-friday-good\/grunwaldcrucifixion\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg?fit=991%2C863&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"991,863\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"grunwaldcrucifixion\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg?fit=860%2C749&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg?resize=860%2C749\" alt=\"\" title=\"grunwaldcrucifixion\" width=\"860\" height=\"749\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg?w=991&amp;ssl=1 991w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grunwaldcrucifixion.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">C<\/span>ardinal Dolan answers the question in less than four minutes. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39905097?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"276\" width=\"425\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He was wounded for our transgressions,<br \/>\nHe was bruised for our iniquities;<br \/>\nUpon Him was the chastisement that made us whole,<br \/>\nAnd with His stripes we are healed.<\/p>\n<p>(Isaiah 53:5)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardinal Dolan answers the question in less than four minutes. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; Upon Him was the chastisement that made us whole, And with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)<\/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":[41,5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-timothy-cardinal-dolan","category-holy-days","category-meditations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-If","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23374,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/dolan-to-obama\/","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":0},"title":"Dolan to Obama","author":"Thom","date":"07 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear President Obama, In my capacity as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, I write to express my congratulations on your re-election as President of the United States. 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The Catholic Bishops of the United\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cardinal Dolan&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cardinal Dolan","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/timothy-cardinal-dolan\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26259,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/more-turkey-please\/","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":1},"title":"More Turkey, Please","author":"Thom","date":"23 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Mindful of Cardinal Dolan's desire to re-institute mandatory abstinence from meat on all Fridays for all American Catholics (a most laudatory goal), I nevertheless would be remiss in not passing on this story from our friends at Rorate: A friendly and tasty reminder that there is a strong argument to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cardinal Dolan&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cardinal Dolan","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/timothy-cardinal-dolan\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/turkey-sandwich.jpg?fit=500%2C366&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2533,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-joke-for-a-tuesday-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":2743,"position":2},"title":"A Joke for a Tuesday Morning","author":"Thom","date":"27 March 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Two men considering a religious vocation were having a conversation. \u201cWhat is similar about the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?\u201d the one asked. 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