{"id":94333,"date":"2019-07-03T08:08:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=94333"},"modified":"2019-07-01T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T21:03:41","slug":"thomas-the-apostle-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/thomas-the-apostle-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas the Apostle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/thomas-called-didymus\/thomas-3\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" data-attachment-id=\"85476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/thomas-called-didymus\/thomas-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.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=\"Thomas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.jpg?fit=860%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.jpg?resize=240%2C240\" alt=\"Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-85476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.jpg?resize=240%2C240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Thomas.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">H<\/span>appy feast of Saint <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_the_Apostle\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas <\/a>the Apostle! Today <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/time-time-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">wasn&#8217;t always his feast<\/a>. In fact in my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/monastic-diurnal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monastic Diurnal<\/a>, today is the Memorial of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/cathen\/12449a.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Saints Processus and Martinian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m sure these holy martyrs will forgive me if I choose to celebrate the Apostle today as well, since he is my name saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">G<\/span>rant, almighty God,<\/em><br \/>that we may glory in the Feast <br \/>of the blessed Apostle Thomas,<br \/>so that we may always be sustained by his intercession<br \/>and, believing, may have life<br \/>in the name of Jesus Christ your Son,<br \/>whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord.<\/p><p>Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br \/>one God, for ever and ever.<\/p><p>Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"588\" data-attachment-id=\"593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/divine-mercy\/caravaggio_-_the_incredulity_of_saint_thomas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"798,588\" 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=\"Caravaggio &amp;#8211; The Incredulity of Saint Thomas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The Incredulity of St Thomas&amp;#8221; by Caravaggio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?resize=798%2C588\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?w=798&amp;ssl=1 798w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;The Incredulity of St Thomas&#8221; by Caravaggio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle! Today wasn&#8217;t always his feast. In fact in my Monastic Diurnal, today is the Memorial of Saints Processus and Martinian. I&#8217;m sure these holy martyrs will forgive me if I choose to celebrate the Apostle today as well, since he is my name saint. Grant, almighty God,that we may glory in the Feast [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593,"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":[46,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual","category-pray","category-saint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-oxv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87422,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/thomas\/","url_meta":{"origin":94333,"position":0},"title":"Thomas","author":"Thom","date":"03 July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle! 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Today wasn't always his feast. In fact in my Monastic Diurnal, today is the Memorial of Saints Processus and Martinian. His main feast was celebrated for centuries on 21 December, the day when tradition has it he was run though by spears, wielded by\u2026","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\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg?fit=798%2C588&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94337,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94333\/revisions\/94337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}