{"id":1446,"date":"2008-11-18T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/11\/worth-a-thousand-words-18.html"},"modified":"2008-11-18T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T18:56:00","slug":"worth-a-thousand-words-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/11\/worth-a-thousand-words-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Worth a thousand words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SSNWYaHX1UI\/AAAAAAAADV4\/NwEt-zFgfYI\/s1600-h\/ourladyjewelsamadafpgetty.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 254px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SSNWYaHX1UI\/AAAAAAAADV4\/NwEt-zFgfYI\/s400\/ourladyjewelsamadafpgetty.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A statue of the Blessed Mother is all that is left in the ruins of this mobile home park in Sylmar, California.  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