{"id":2797,"date":"2012-04-16T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2012-04-15T09:49:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T16:49:37","slug":"happy-birthday-holy-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-holy-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Holy Father!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2798\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2798\" data-attachment-id=\"2798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-holy-father\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg?fit=350%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,480\" 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=\"pope-benedict-xvi-0214\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ad Multos Annos!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg?fit=350%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg?resize=350%2C480\" alt=\"\" title=\"pope-benedict-xvi-0214\" width=\"350\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pope-benedict-xvi-0214.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ad Multos Annos!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-J7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90907,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/ad-multos-annos-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":2797,"position":0},"title":"Ad Multos Annos!","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"is the 92nd birthday of Father Benedict, once Pope Benedict XVI. Happy birthday! Obviously, we don't know how history will judge the life and works of Pope Benedict XVI. As for me, I think that in a century or so, he will be enrolled amongst the Doctors of the Church.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Moments in Time&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Moments in Time","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/moments-in-time\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg?fit=1198%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg?fit=1198%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg?fit=1198%2C673&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg?fit=1198%2C673&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg?fit=1198%2C673&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/ad-multos-annos\/","url_meta":{"origin":2797,"position":1},"title":"Ad Multos Annos","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I will have some thoughts on the Triduum, particularly the liturgical celebration thereof in my parish, in a day or three. For now, I join the rest of the world in wishing the Holy Father a very happy 80th birthday.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pope Benedict XVI&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pope Benedict XVI","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/pope-benedict-xvi\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105375,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-father-benedict-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":2797,"position":2},"title":"Happy Birthday, Father Benedict!","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"the 93rd birthday of Father Benedict, once Pope Benedict XVI. Happy birthday! Obviously, we don't know how history will judge the life and works of Pope Benedict XVI. As for me, I think that in a century or so, he will be enrolled amongst the Doctors of the Church. 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Obviously, we don't know how history will judge the life and works of Pope Benedict XVI. 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Our visiting seminarian, Peter Guthrie,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chant&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chant","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/chant\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fr-Maurer-with-Saint-Anthony-of-Padua.jpg?fit=526%2C526&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fr-Maurer-with-Saint-Anthony-of-Padua.jpg?fit=526%2C526&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Fr-Maurer-with-Saint-Anthony-of-Padua.jpg?fit=526%2C526&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":85083,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-birthday-father-benedict\/","url_meta":{"origin":2797,"position":5},"title":"Happy Birthday, Father Benedict!","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the 88th birthday of Father Benedict, once Pope Benedict XVI. 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