{"id":13685,"date":"2012-03-22T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T23:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2012-03-22T22:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T04:39:47","slug":"fictional-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/22\/fictional-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fictional monks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, March 21, at least within the Benedictine Order, was the feast of the Transitus (passing) of Our Holy Father Benedict. Church organists, double check your chart of Precedence of Liturgical Feasts in case you were observing the birth of J.S. 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