{"id":707,"date":"2015-12-25T16:43:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T20:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=707"},"modified":"2015-12-25T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T20:44:59","slug":"merry-christmas-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-708\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-708\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"manger scene and Christmas tree\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446-800x1064.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151224_003-e1451075513446.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas manger scene and Christmas tree at my mother in law&#8217;s home. Maybe not fancy, but true to our Paraguayan traditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I hope you have a merry Christmas. My sincere wish is that you all spend these days in God&#8217;s presence, with much joy and surrounded of the affection of your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember in time of celebration and gladness to ponder this profound truth: <em>&#8220;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory&#8230; full of grace and truth.&#8221;<\/em> (John 1:14 ESV). The Son of God took human nature as tangible proof of God&#8217;s mercy.<\/p>\n<p>May the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger of Bethlehem may be an occasion to go to Him. Among the fatigues and absurdity of this existence, let&#8217;s remember that the way of Jesus is our only confort and consolation, in life and in death.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas! and may God bless you all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you have a merry Christmas. My sincere wish is that you all spend these days in God&#8217;s presence, with much joy and surrounded of the affection of your loved ones. Let&#8217;s remember in time of celebration and gladness to ponder this profound truth: &#8220;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[53,51,137],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-faith","tag-christmas","tag-paraguay","tag-picture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}