{"id":1324,"date":"2008-12-19T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/living-the-prayer.html"},"modified":"2008-12-19T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T16:51:00","slug":"living-the-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/12\/living-the-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Living the prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The short film below by Maureen Cotton is a beautiful glimpse at life in a Franciscan monastery, where they really do <i>live<\/i> the Prayer of St. Francis.  It&#8217;s a lovely meditation for a snowy day in Advent.   You can also visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebrothersofstfrancis.org\/\">Little Brothers of St. Francis website<\/a> for more about their life.  <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2274258&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=0&#038;color=&#038;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2274258&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=0&#038;color=&#038;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2274258\">Ridiculous and Sublime &#8211; trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user689637\">Maureen Cotton<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short film below by Maureen Cotton is a beautiful glimpse at life in a Franciscan monastery, where they really do live the Prayer of St. Francis. 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