{"id":35100,"date":"2018-06-05T07:23:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=35100"},"modified":"2018-06-07T07:28:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T11:28:57","slug":"st-boniface-preaches-gods-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/st-boniface-preaches-gods-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"St Boniface preaches God&#8217;s plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/St-Boniface-statue-Mainz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35101 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/St-Boniface-statue-Mainz-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/St-Boniface-statue-Mainz-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/St-Boniface-statue-Mainz-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/St-Boniface-statue-Mainz.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u201cLet us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ\u2019s flock. Let us preach the whole of God\u2019s plan.\u201d -St. Boniface<\/p>\n<p>The saint&#8217;s exhortation is key here for the serious Christian. But I have to wonder how often we hear about God&#8217;s plan preached by the clergy (bishops and priests) and the witness of our lives. Is this whole plan preached by the catechists and lay leaders in our parish, schools, hospitals and soup kitchens? Do we actually believe there is a divine plan to be preached, lived and taught? Do we believe in Divine Providence and it&#8217;s revelation in history?<\/p>\n<p>If so, then let&#8217;s live as though we mean it. Seek the face of God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ\u2019s flock. Let us preach the whole of God\u2019s plan.\u201d -St. Boniface The saint&#8217;s exhortation is key here for the serious Christian. But I have to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/st-boniface-preaches-gods-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">St Boniface preaches God&#8217;s plan<\/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":[2],"tags":[32262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100"}],"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=35100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35104,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35100\/revisions\/35104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}