{"id":384,"date":"2011-03-09T13:25:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=384"},"modified":"2011-03-09T13:25:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T21:25:39","slug":"a-desert-father-for-ash-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-desert-father-for-ash-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"A Desert Father for Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">P<\/span>alladius said: <\/p>\n<p>One day when I was suffering from boredom I went to Abba Macarius and said, &#8220;What shall I do? 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