{"id":430,"date":"2011-03-24T08:10:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T15:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=430"},"modified":"2011-03-24T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T15:13:34","slug":"short-and-to-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/short-and-to-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Short and to the Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">D<\/span>uring Lent, I am reading the Desert Fathers. On occasion I will post sayings that strike me during my <i>Lectio<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This pretty much sums it up.<\/p>\n<p>Abba Paul said, &#8220;Keep close to Jesus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_432\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-432\" data-attachment-id=\"432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/short-and-to-the-point\/divinemercyofthesacredheart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg?fit=301%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"301,400\" 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=\"divinemercyofthesacredheart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Divine Mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg?fit=301%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"The Divine Mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus\" title=\"divinemercyofthesacredheart\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/divinemercyofthesacredheart.jpg?w=301&amp;ssl=1 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Divine Mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Lent, I am reading the Desert Fathers. On occasion I will post sayings that strike me during my Lectio. This pretty much sums it up. Abba Paul said, &#8220;Keep close to Jesus.&#8221;<\/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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-6W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86225,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/immaculata-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":430,"position":0},"title":"Immaculate Mary","author":"Thom","date":"08 December 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, let us join together with the Angels and the Saints of all ages in singing the praises of the Mother of God.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire.jpg?fit=1200%2C968&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire.jpg?fit=1200%2C968&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire.jpg?fit=1200%2C968&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire.jpg?fit=1200%2C968&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Notre_Dame_du_Rosaire.jpg?fit=1200%2C968&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105997,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/mary-immaculate-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":430,"position":1},"title":"Mary Immaculate","author":"Thom","date":"08 December 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"this great Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, let us join together with the Angels and the Saints of all ages in singing the praises of the Mother of God. , gr\u00e1tia pl\u00e9na, D\u00f3minus t\u00e9cum. 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