{"id":85051,"date":"2015-04-06T19:47:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T02:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=85051"},"modified":"2019-03-07T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T01:25:07","slug":"just-call-me-godfaddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/just-call-me-godfaddah\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Call Me Godfaddah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/just-call-me-godfaddah\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85052\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/just-call-me-godfaddah\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?fit=860%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?resize=240%2C240\" alt=\"11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-85052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11061964_10152741296165382_4589774511719250328_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"drop\">Congratulations to my new Goddaughter Monique&#8217; on her Baptism and Confirmation at the Easter Vigil!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">S<\/span>he took the name Anastasia, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/saints\/saint.php?saint_id=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saint Anastasia<\/a> of Rome, who is honoured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Text_and_rubrics_of_the_Roman_Canon#Second_Intercession\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Canon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always amazing to me to see the smiles on the faces of the newly Baptized. I remember it my own Baptism, and I&#8217;m pretty sure my jaw hurt from smiling. <\/p>\n<p>Monique&#8217; was one of four we Baptized this year &#8211; you can see all the photos at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holyrosarytacoma.org\/photoalbums\/holy-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parish web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Anastasia, pray for us.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Francine)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to my new Goddaughter Monique&#8217; on her Baptism and Confirmation at the Easter Vigil! She took the name Anastasia, for Saint Anastasia of Rome, who is honoured in the Roman Canon. It&#8217;s always amazing to me to see the smiles on the faces of the newly Baptized. I remember it my own Baptism, and I&#8217;m pretty sure my jaw [&#8230;]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,9,90,3,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-family","category-holy-rosary-parish-tacoma","category-moments-in-time","category-ocia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-m7N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108266,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-end-of-christmastide-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":85051,"position":0},"title":"The Baptism of the Lord and the End of Christmastide","author":"Thom","date":"08 January 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, celebrating that day when John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. 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