{"id":24729,"date":"2009-06-18T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/06\/pope-benedict-xvis-letter-to-p\/"},"modified":"2009-06-18T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T13:09:16","slug":"pope-benedict-xvis-letter-to-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/06\/pope-benedict-xvis-letter-to-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to priests inaugurating the Year of the Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"Year<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of
\nJesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the
\nsanctification of the clergy -, I have decided to inaugurate a “Year for
\nPriests” in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the “dies
\nnatalis” of John Mary Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests
\nworldwide.(1) This Year, meant to deepen the commitment of all priests to
\ninterior renewal for the sake of a more forceful and incisive witness to the
\nGospel in today’s world, will conclude on the same Solemnity in 2010. The
\npriesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus”, the saintly Curé of Ars
\nwould often say.(2) This touching expression makes us reflect, first of all, with
\nheartfelt gratitude on the immense gift which priests represent, not only for
\nthe Church, but also for humanity itself. I think of all those priests who
\nquietly present Christ’s words and actions each day to the faithful and to the
\nwhole world, striving to be one with the Lord in their thoughts and their will,
\ntheir sentiments and their style of life. How can I not pay tribute to their
\napostolic labours, their tireless and hidden service, their universal charity?
\nAnd how can I not praise the courageous fidelity of so many priests who, even
\namid difficulties and incomprehension, remain faithful to their vocation as
\n“friends of Christ”, whom he has called by name, chosen and sent?<\/o:p><\/p>\n

I still treasure the memory of the first parish priest at
\nwhose side I exercised my ministry as a young priest: he left me an example of
\nunreserved devotion to his pastoral duties, even to meeting death in the act of
\nbringing viaticum to a gravely ill person. I also recall the countless
\nconfreres whom I have met and continue to meet, not least in my pastoral visits
\nto different <\/p>\n

\"Sacred<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

countries: men generously dedicated to the daily exercise of their
\npriestly ministry. Yet the expression of Saint John Mary also makes us think of
\nChrist’s pierced Heart and the crown of thorns which surrounds it. I am also
\nled to think, therefore, of the countless situations of suffering endured by
\nmany priests, either because they themselves share in the manifold human
\nexperience of pain or because they encounter misunderstanding from the very
\npersons to whom they minister. How can we not also think of all those priests
\nwho are offended in their dignity, obstructed in their mission and persecuted,
\neven at times to offering the supreme testimony of their own blood?<\/o:p><\/p>\n

There are also, sad to say, situations which can never be
\nsufficiently deplored where the Church herself suffers as a consequence of
\ninfidelity on the part of some of her ministers. Then it is the world which
\nfinds grounds for scandal and rejection. What is most helpful to the Church in
\nsuch cases is not only a frank and complete acknowledgment of the weaknesses of
\nher ministers, but also a joyful and renewed realization of the greatness of
\nGod’s gift, embodied in the splendid example of generous pastors, religious
\nafire with love for God and for souls, and insightful, patient spiritual guides.
\nHere the teaching and example of Saint John Mary Vianney can serve as a
\nsignificant point of reference for us all. The Curé of Ars was quite humble,
\nyet as a priest he was conscious of being an immense gift to his people:
\n“A good shepherd, a pastor after God’s heart, is the greatest treasure
\nwhich the good Lord can grant to a parish, and one of the most precious gifts
\nof divine mercy”<\/span>.(3) He spoke of the priesthood as if incapable of fathoming
\nthe grandeur of the gift and task entrusted to a human creature: “O, how
\ngreat is the priest! … If he realized what he is, he would die… God obeys him:
\nhe utters a few words and the Lord descends from heaven at his voice, to be
\ncontained within a small host…”.(4) Explaining to his parishioners the
\nimportance of the sacraments, he would say: “Without the Sacrament of Holy
\nOrders, we would not have the Lord. Who put him there in that tabernacle? The
\npriest. Who welcomed your soul at the beginning of your life? The priest. Who
\nfeeds your soul and gives it strength for its journey? The priest. Who will
\nprepare it to appear before God, bathing it one last time in the blood of Jesus
\nChrist? The priest, always the priest. And if this soul should happen to die
\n[as a result of sin], who will raise it up, who will restore its calm and
\npeace? Again, the priest… After God, the priest is everything! … Only in heaven
\nwill he fully realize what he is”.(5) These words, welling up from the
\npriestly heart of the holy pastor, might sound excessive. Yet they reveal the
\nhigh esteem in which he held the sacrament of the priesthood. He seemed
\noverwhelmed by a boundless sense of responsibility: “Were we to fully
\nrealize what a priest is on earth, we would die: not of fright, but of love…
\nWithout the priest, the passion and death of our Lord would be of no avail. It
\nis the priest who continues the work of redemption on earth… What use would be
\na house filled with gold, were there no one to open its door? The priest holds
\nthe key to the treasures of heaven: it is he who opens the door: he is the steward
\nof the good Lord; the administrator of his goods … Leave a parish for twenty
\nyears without a priest, and they will end by worshiping the beasts there … The
\npriest is not a priest for himself, he is a priest for you”.(6)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

He arrived in Ars, a village of 230 souls, warned by his
\nBishop beforehand that there he would find religious practice in a sorry state:
\n“There is little love of God in that parish; you will be the one to put it
\nthere”. As a result, he was deeply aware that he needed to go there to
\nembody <\/p>\n

\"Confession<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Christ’s presence and to bear witness to his saving mercy: “[Lord,]
\ngrant me the conversion of my parish; I am willing to suffer whatever you wish,
\nfor my entire life!”: with this prayer he entered upon his mission.(7) The
\nCuré devoted himself completely to his parish’s conversion, setting before all
\nelse the Christian education of the people in his care. Dear brother priests,
\nlet us ask the Lord Jesus for the grace to learn for ourselves something of the
\npastoral plan of Saint John Mary Vianney! The first thing we need to learn is
\nthe complete identification of the man with his ministry. In Jesus, person and
\nmission tend to coincide: all Christ’s saving activity was, and is, an
\nexpression of his “filial consciousness” which from all eternity
\nstands before the Father in an attitude of loving submission to his will. In a
\nhumble yet genuine way, every priest must aim for a similar identification.
\nCertainly this is not to forget that the efficacy of the ministry is
\nindependent of the holiness of the minister; but neither can we overlook the
\nextraordinary fruitfulness of the encounter between the ministry’s objective
\nholiness and the subjective holiness of the minister. The Curé of Ars
\nimmediately set about this patient and humble task of harmonizing his life as a
\nminister with the holiness of the ministry he had received, by deciding to
\n“live”, physically, in his parish church<\/span>: As his first biographer
\ntells us: “Upon his arrival, he chose the church as his home. He entered
\nthe church before dawn and did not leave it until after the evening Angelus.
\nThere he was to be sought whenever needed”.(8)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The pious excess of his devout biographer should not blind
\nus to the fact that the Curé also knew how to “live” actively within
\nthe entire territory of his parish: he regularly visited the sick and families,
\norganized popular missions and patronal feasts, collected and managed funds for
\nhis charitable and missionary works, embellished and furnished his parish
\nchurch, cared for the orphans and teachers of the “Providence” (an
\ninstitute he founded); provided for the education of children; founded
\nconfraternities and enlisted lay persons to work at his side.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

His example naturally leads me to point out that there are
\nsectors of cooperation which need to be opened ever more fully to the lay
\nfaithful. Priests and laity together make up the one priestly people (9) and in
\nvirtue of their ministry priests live in the midst of the lay faithful,
\n“that they may lead everyone to the unity of charity, ‘loving one another
\nwith mutual affection; and outdoing one another in sharing honour'”<\/span> (Rom
\n12:10).(10) Here we ought to recall the Second Vatican Council’s hearty
\nencouragement to priests “to be sincere in their appreciation and
\npromotion of the dignity of the laity and of the special role they have to play
\nin the Church’s mission. … They should be willing to listen to lay people, give
\nbrotherly consideration to their wishes, and acknowledge their experience and
\ncompetence in the different fields of human activity. In this way they will be
\nable together with them to discern the signs of the times”.(11)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"Vianney_Blessed_Sacrament.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saint John Mary Vianney taught his parishioners primarily by
\nthe witness of his life. It was from his example that they learned to pray,
\nhalting frequently before the tabernacle for a visit to Jesus in the Blessed
\nSacrament.(12) “One need not say much to pray well” – the Curé
\nexplained to them – “We know that Jesus is there in the tabernacle: let us
\nopen our hearts to him, let us rejoice in his sacred presence. That is the best
\nprayer”.13 And he would urge them: “Come to communion, my brothers
\nand sisters, come to Jesus. Come to live from him in order to live with him…(14) “Of course you are not worthy of him, but you need him!”.(15) This way
\nof educating the faithful to the Eucharistic presence and to communion proved
\nmost effective when they saw him celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
\nThose present said that “it was not possible to find a finer example of
\nworship… He gazed upon the Host with immense love”.(16) “All good
\nworks, taken together, do not equal the sacrifice of the Mass” – he would
\nsay – “since they are human works, while the Holy Mass is the work of
\nGod”.(17) He was convinced that the fervour of a priest’s life depended
\nentirely upon the Mass: “The reason why a priest is lax is that he does
\nnot pay attention to the Mass! My God, how we ought to pity a priest who
\ncelebrates as if he were engaged in something routine!”.(18) He was
\naccustomed, when celebrating, also to offer his own life in sacrifice:
\n“What a good thing it is for a priest each morning to offer himself to God
\nin sacrifice!”.(19)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"Cimabue<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This deep personal identification with the Sacrifice of the
\nCross led him – by a sole inward movement – from the altar to the confessional.
\nPriests ought never to be resigned to empty confessionals or the apparent
\nindifference of the faithful to this sacrament. In France, at the time of the
\nCuré of Ars, confession was no more easy or frequent than in our own day, since
\nthe upheaval caused by the revolution had long inhibited the practice of
\nreligion. Yet he sought in every way, by his preaching and his powers of
\npersuasion, to help his parishioners to rediscover the meaning and beauty of
\nthe sacrament of Penance, presenting it as an inherent demand of the
\nEucharistic presence. He thus created a “virtuous” circle. By
\nspending long hours in church before the tabernacle, he inspired the faithful
\nto imitate him by coming to visit Jesus with the knowledge that their parish
\npriest would be there, ready to listen and offer forgiveness. Later, the
\ngrowing numbers of penitents from all over France would keep him in the
\nconfessional for up to sixteen hours a day. It was said that Ars had become
\n“a great hospital of souls”.(20) His first biographer relates that
\n“the grace he obtained [for the conversion of sinners] was so powerful
\nthat it would pursue them, not leaving them a moment of peace!”.(21) The
\nsaintly Curé reflected something of the same idea when he said: “It is not
\nthe sinner who returns to God to beg his forgiveness, but God himself who runs
\nafter the sinner and makes him return to him”.(22) “This good Saviour
\nis so filled with love that he seeks us everywhere”.(23)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"misericorde<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

We priests should feel that the following words, which he
\nput on the lips of Christ, are meant for each of us personally<\/b>: “I will
\ncharge my ministers to proclaim to sinners that I am ever ready to welcome
\nthem, that my mercy is infinite<\/span>“.(24) From Saint John Mary Vianney we can
\nlearn to put our unfailing trust in the sacrament of Penance, to set it once
\nmore at the centre of our pastoral concerns, and to take up the “dialogue of
\nsalvation” which it entails. The Curé of Ars dealt with different
\npenitents in different ways. Those who came to his confessional drawn by a deep
\nand humble longing for God’s forgiveness found in him the encouragement to
\nplunge into the “flood of divine mercy” which sweeps everything away
\nby its vehemence. If someone was troubled by the thought of his own frailty and
\ninconstancy, and fearful of sinning again, the Curé would unveil the mystery of
\nGod’s love in these beautiful and touching words: “The good Lord knows
\neverything. Even before you confess, he already knows that you will sin again,
\nyet he still forgives you. How great is the love of our God: he even forces
\nhimself to forget the future, so that he can grant us his forgiveness!”.(25) But to those who made a lukewarm and rather indifferent confession of sin, he
\nclearly demonstrated by his own tears of pain how “abominable” this
\nattitude was: “I weep because you don’t weep”,(26) he would say.
\n“If only the Lord were not so good! But he is so good! One would have to
\nbe a brute to treat so good a Father this way!”.(27) He awakened repentance
\nin the hearts of the lukewarm by forcing them to see God’s own pain at their
\nsins reflected in the face of the priest who was their confessor. To those who,
\non the other hand, came to him already desirous of and suited to a deeper
\nspiritual life, he flung open the abyss of God’s love, explaining the untold
\nbeauty of living in union with him and dwelling in his presence:
\n“Everything in God’s sight, everything with God, everything to please God…
\nHow beautiful it is!”.(28) And he taught them to pray: “My God, grant
\nme the grace to love you as much as I possibly can”.(29)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In his time the Curé of Ars was able to transform the hearts
\nand the lives of so many people because he enabled them to experience the
\nLord’s merciful love<\/span>. Our own time urgently needs a similar proclamation and
\nwitness to the truth of Love<\/span><\/b>: Deus caritas est<\/i> (1 Jn: 4:8). Thanks to the word
\nand the sacraments of Jesus, John Mary Vianney built up his flock, although he
\noften trembled from a conviction of his personal inadequacy, and desired more
\nthan once to withdraw from the responsibilities of the parish ministry out of a
\nsense of his unworthiness. Nonetheless, with exemplary obedience he never
\nabandoned his post, consumed as he was by apostolic zeal for the salvation of
\nsouls. He sought to remain completely faithful to his own vocation and mission
\nthrough the practice of an austere asceticism: “The great misfortune for
\nus parish priests – he lamented – is that our souls grow tepid”; meaning
\nby this that a pastor can grow dangerously inured to the state of sin or of
\nindifference in which so many of his flock are living.(30) He himself kept a
\ntight rein on his body, with vigils and fasts, lest it rebel against his priestly
\nsoul. Nor did he avoid self-mortification for the good of the souls in his care
\nand as a help to expiating the many sins he heard in confession. To a priestly
\nconfrere he explained: “I will tell you my recipe: I give sinners a small
\npenance and the rest I do in their place”.(31) Aside from the actual
\npenances which the Curé of Ars practiced, the core of his teaching remains
\nvalid for each of us: souls have been won at the price of Jesus’ own blood, and
\na priest cannot devote himself to their salvation if he refuses to share
\npersonally in the “precious cost” of redemption.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"a<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In today’s world, as in the troubled times of the Curé of
\nArs, the lives and activity of priests need to be distinguished by a forceful
\nwitness to the Gospel. As Pope Paul VI rightly noted, “modern man listens
\nmore willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to
\nteachers, it is because they are witnesses<\/b><\/span>“.(32) Lest we experience
\nexistential emptiness and the effectiveness of our ministry be compromised, we
\nneed to ask ourselves ever anew: “Are we truly pervaded by the word of
\nGod? Is that word truly the nourishment we live by, even more than bread and
\nthe things of this world? Do we really know that word? Do we love it? Are we
\ndeeply engaged with this word to the point that it really leaves a mark on our
\nlives and shapes our thinking?”.(33) Just as Jesus called the Twelve to be
\nwith him (cf. Mk 3:14), and only later sent them forth to preach, so too in our
\ndays priests are called to assimilate that “new style of life” which
\nwas inaugurated by the Lord Jesus and taken up by the Apostles.(34)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

It was complete commitment to this “new style of
\nlife” which marked the priestly ministry of the Curé of Ars. Pope John
\nXXIII, in his Encyclical Letter Sacerdotii nostri primordia<\/i>, published in 1959
\non the first centenary of the death of Saint John Mary Vianney, presented his
\nasceticism with special reference to the “three evangelical counsels”
\nwhich the Pope considered necessary also for priests: “even though priests
\nare not bound to embrace these evangelical counsels by virtue of the clerical
\nstate, these counsels nonetheless offer them, as they do all the faithful, the
\nsurest road to the desired goal of Christian perfection”.(35) The Curé of
\nArs lived the “evangelical counsels” in a way suited to his priestly
\nstate. His poverty was not the poverty of a religious or a monk, but that
\nproper to a priest: while managing much money (since well-to-do pilgrims
\nnaturally took an interest in his charitable works), he realized that
\neverything had been donated to his church, his poor, his orphans, the girls of
\nhis “Providence”,(36) his families of modest means. Consequently, he
\n“was rich in giving to others and very poor for himself”.(37) As he
\nwould explain: “My secret is simple: give everything away; hold nothing
\nback<\/b>“.(38) When he lacked money, he would say aimiably to the poor who
\nknocked at his door: “Today I’m poor just like you, I’m one of you”.(39) At the end of his life, he could say with absolute tranquillity: “I no
\nlonger have anything. The good Lord can call me whenever he wants!”.(40) His
\nchastity, too, was that demanded of a priest for his ministry. It could be said
\nthat it was a chastity suited to one who must daily touch the Eucharist, who
\ncontemplates it blissfully and with that same bliss offers it to his flock. It
\nwas said of him that “he radiated chastity”; the faithful would see
\nthis when he turned and gazed at the tabernacle with loving eyes”.(41) Finally, Saint John Mary Vianney’s obedience found full embodiment in his
\nconscientious fidelity to the daily demands of his ministry. We know how he was
\ntormented by the thought of his inadequacy for parish ministry and by a desire
\nto flee “in order to bewail his poor life, in solitude”.(42) Only
\nobedience and a thirst for souls convinced him to remain at his post<\/span>. As he
\nexplained to himself and his flock: “There are no two good ways of serving
\nGod. There is only one: serve him as he desires to be served”.(43) He
\nconsidered this the golden rule for a life of obedience: “Do only what can
\nbe offered to the good Lord”.(44)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"holy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In this context of a spirituality nourished by the practice
\nof the evangelical counsels, I would like to invite all priests, during this
\nYear dedicated to them, to welcome the new springtime which the Spirit is now
\nbringing about in the Church, not least through the ecclesial movements and the
\nnew communities. “In his gifts the Spirit is multifaceted… He breathes
\nwhere he wills. He does so unexpectedly, in unexpected places, and in ways
\npreviously unheard of… but he also shows us that he works with a view to the
\none body and in the unity of the one body”.(45) In this regard, the
\nstatement of the Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis<\/i> continues to be timely:
\n“While testing the spirits to discover if they be of God, priests must
\ndiscover with faith, recognize with joy and foster diligently the many and
\nvaried charismatic gifts of the laity, whether these be of a humble or more
\nexalted kind<\/span>“.(46) These gifts, which awaken in many people the desire for a
\ndeeper spiritual life, can benefit not only the lay faithful but the clergy as
\nwell. The communion between ordained and charismatic ministries can provide
\n“a helpful impulse to a renewed commitment by the Church in proclaiming
\nand bearing witness to the Gospel of hope and charity in every corner of the
\nworld”.47 I would also like to add, echoing the Apostolic Exhortation Pastores
\nDabo Vobis<\/i> of Pope John Paul II, that the ordained ministry has a radical “communitarian
\nform” and can be exercised only in the communion of priests with their
\nBishop.(48) This communion between priests and their Bishop, grounded in the
\nsacrament of Holy Orders and made manifest in Eucharistic concelebration, needs
\nto be translated into various concrete expressions of an effective and
\naffective priestly fraternity<\/span>.(49) Only thus will priests be able to live fully
\nthe gift of celibacy and build thriving Christian communities in which the
\nmiracles which accompanied the first preaching of the Gospel can be repeated.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"St<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Pauline Year now coming to its close invites us also to
\nlook to the Apostle of the Gentiles, who represents a splendid example of a
\npriest entirely devoted to his ministry. “The love of Christ urges us
\non” – he wrote – “because we are convinced that one has died for all;
\ntherefore all have died” (2 Cor 5:14). And he adds: “He died for all,
\nso that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who
\ndied and was raised for them” (2 Cor 5:15). Could a finer programme could
\nbe proposed to any priest resolved to advance along the path of Christian
\nperfection?<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Dear brother priests, the celebration of the 150th
\nanniversary of the death of Saint John Mary Vianney (1859) follows upon the
\ncelebration of the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Lourdes (1858). In
\n1959 Blessed Pope John XXIII noted that “shortly before the Curé of Ars completed
\nhis long and admirable life, the Immaculate Virgin appeared in another part of
\nFrance to an innocent and humble girl, and entrusted to her a message of prayer
\nand penance which continues, even a century later, to yield immense spiritual
\nfruits. The life of this holy priest whose centenary we are commemorating in a
\nreal way anticipated the great supernatural truths taught to the seer of
\nMassabielle. He was greatly devoted to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
\nVirgin; in 1836 he had dedicated his parish church to Our Lady Conceived
\nwithout Sin and he greeted the dogmatic definition of this truth in 1854 with
\ndeep faith and great joy.”(50) The Curé would always remind his faithful
\nthat “after giving us all he could, Jesus Christ wishes in addition to
\nbequeath us his most precious possession, his Blessed Mother”.(51)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

To the Most Holy Virgin I entrust this Year for Priests. I
\nask her to awaken in the heart of every priest a generous and renewed
\ncommitment to the ideal of complete self-oblation to Christ and the Church<\/b>
\nwhich inspired the thoughts and actions of the saintly Curé of Ars. It was his
\nfervent prayer life and his impassioned love of Christ Crucified that enabled
\nJohn Mary Vianney to grow daily in his total self-oblation to God and the
\nChurch. May his example lead all priests to offer that witness of unity with
\ntheir Bishop, with one another and with the lay faithful, which today, as ever,
\nis so necessary<\/span>. Despite all the evil present in our world, the words which
\nChrist spoke to his Apostles in the Upper Room continue to inspire us: “In
\nthe world you have tribulation; but take courage, I have overcome the
\nworld” (Jn 16:33). Our faith in the Divine Master gives us the strength to
\nlook to the future with confidence. Dear priests, Christ is counting on you. In
\nthe footsteps of the Curé of Ars, let yourselves be enthralled by him. In this
\nway you too will be, for the world in our time, heralds of hope, reconciliation
\nand peace!<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\"Benedict<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

With my blessing,<\/o:p><\/p>\n

From the Vatican, 16 June 2009.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy -, I have decided to inaugurate a “Year for Priests” in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the “dies natalis” of John Mary Vianney, the patron saint … Continue reading Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to priests inaugurating the Year of the Priest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,74],"tags":[2090,32104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}