{"id":87514,"date":"2016-08-01T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=87514"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:55:09","slug":"reason-438-why-i-love-my-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/reason-438-why-i-love-my-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Reason 438 why I Love my Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/span>oday in both the Extraordinary Form and the Benedictine Ordo is the Memorial of the Seven Holy Maccabees. Their story may be found in the Bible<\/a> – provided you’ve got a Catholic or an Orthodox one. Martin Luther removed these books from his Bible – so if you don’t know their story, go read it<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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At the Parish BBQ Yesterday
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I happened to mention this to Francine this morning as we were getting ready for work, and without missing a beat she began to sing “Judah the Maccabee” to the tune of Monty Python’s “Eric the Half-a-Bee”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was glorious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We often joke that Pistachio House is the stage for “Thom and Francine: the Musical”. The reason is moments like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The account of the martyrdom of the Seven Holy Maccabees may be found in 2 Maccabees, Chapter 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today in both the Extraordinary Form and the Benedictine Ordo is the Memorial of the Seven Holy Maccabees. Their story may be found in the Bible – provided you’ve got a Catholic or an Orthodox one. Martin Luther removed these books from his Bible – so if you don’t know their story, go read it! 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