{"id":1228,"date":"2009-01-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/gimme-a-break-and-ill-take-it.html"},"modified":"2009-01-09T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T13:00:00","slug":"gimme-a-break-and-ill-take-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/gimme-a-break-and-ill-take-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Gimme a break &#8212; and I&#8217;ll take it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SWeQ9flSKuI\/AAAAAAAAE20\/yLiI9AVeedI\/s1600-h\/Retreat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 400px;height: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SWeQ9flSKuI\/AAAAAAAAE20\/yLiI9AVeedI\/s400\/Retreat.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> I&#8217;m headed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icseminary.edu\/\">Huntington, Long Island<\/a> this afternoon for my annual diocesan deacon retreat.  Things will be quiet on The Bench.  But you will all be in my prayers, in one way or another.  I&#8217;m taking my camera, and hope to take a few pictures to share with you when I get back.  <\/p>\n<p>Meantime, blessings, and a good weekend to you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m headed to Huntington, Long Island this afternoon for my annual diocesan deacon retreat. Things will be quiet on The Bench. But you will all be in my prayers, in one way or another. I&#8217;m taking my camera, and hope to take a few pictures to share with you when I get back. Meantime, blessings,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gimme a break - and I&#039;ll take it - The Deacon&#039;s Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/gimme-a-break-and-ill-take-it.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gimme a break - and I&#039;ll take it - The Deacon&#039;s Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m headed to Huntington, Long Island this afternoon for my annual diocesan deacon retreat. 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