{"id":89140,"date":"2017-12-03T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=89140"},"modified":"2017-12-04T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T23:07:52","slug":"happy-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/happy-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Advent!"},"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><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>dvent began with last night&#8217;s vespers, and today is the First Sunday of Advent.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;m doing my annual fumbling to remember how to pray the Office for Advent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent began with last night&#8217;s vespers, and today 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. Meanwhile, I&#8217;m doing my annual fumbling to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83471,"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":[46,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Advent-Candles.jpg?fit=448%2C298&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nbK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90238,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-advent-of-advent\/","url_meta":{"origin":89140,"position":0},"title":"The Advent of Advent","author":"Thom","date":"01 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Advent begins with tonight's vespers, and tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. 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