{"id":11,"date":"2009-09-26T14:02:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/just-one-word-wow.html"},"modified":"2009-09-26T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T14:02:26","slug":"just-one-word-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/just-one-word-wow.html","title":{"rendered":"Just one word: wow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Get a load of this:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/assets_c\/2009\/09\/Barcelona12-thumb-400x393-8081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thumbnail image for Barcelona12.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/09\/Barcelona12-thumb-400x393-8081-thumb-400x393-8082.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>The image above comes courtesy&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/blog.html\">American Papist<\/a> and shows, incredibly, over 800 men being ordained at once in Spain in the 1950&#8217;s. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Visit t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2009\/09\/litorgical-curiosities-simultaneous.html\">his link<\/a> for more details and pictures that will make your jaw drop.&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a load of this:&nbsp; 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