{"id":86142,"date":"2015-11-28T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=86142"},"modified":"2016-11-27T09:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T17:19:25","slug":"the-advent-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-advent-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"The Advent of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/its-advent\/advent-season\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83471\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"83471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/its-advent\/advent-season\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?fit=448%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"448,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Lisa A. Johnston&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1258484204&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;lisa a. johnston |  aeternus design&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;ADVENT-SEASON&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Advent Wreath with Candles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?fit=448%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?resize=240%2C159\" alt=\"Advent Wreath with Candles\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-83471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?resize=240%2C159&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>dvent begins with tonight's vespers, for tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent.\n\n\n\n<blockquote>Behold, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, and His glory fills all the earth.<\/p>\n<p>(Magnificat Antiphon for I Vespers on the First Sunday of Advent, <em>Monastic Diurnal<\/em>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not sure exactly what Advent is? Here&#8217;s a two-minute snapshot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S02KOlw7dlA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< Advent begins with tonight's vespers, for tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. Behold, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, and His glory fills all the earth. (Magnificat Antiphon for I Vespers on the First Sunday of Advent, Monastic Diurnal) Not sure exactly what Advent is? Here&#8217;s a two-minute snapshot.\n<\/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":true,"_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":[46,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mpo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100419,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/advent-vespers-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":86142,"position":0},"title":"Advent Vespers","author":"Thom","date":"30 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"as in past years, our parish of Holy Rosary in Tacoma will be chanting Vespers on Sunday evenings. Because of the damage to our beautiful church, this year we're celebrating Vespers the school auditorium again. The school has an elevator, so getting to the auditorium is no problem! 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