{"id":4882,"date":"2010-09-08T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T07:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/happy-birthday-mary.html"},"modified":"2010-09-08T07:29:38","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T07:29:38","slug":"happy-birthday-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/happy-birthday-mary.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"> <\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/Mary%20Birth-Murillo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mary Birth-Murillo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/09\/Mary%20Birth-Murillo-thumb-400x262-17765.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"262\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Father of mercy,<br \/>\n<br \/>give your people help and strength from heaven.<br \/>\n<br \/>The birth of the Virgin Mary&#8217;s Son<br \/>\nwas the dawn of our salvation.<br \/>\n<br \/>May this celebration of her birthday<br \/>\n<br \/>bring us closer to lasting peace.<br \/>\n<br \/>Grant this though our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,<br \/>\n<br \/>who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit. Amen.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><i>&#8212; Collect for the Feast of the Birth of Mary, September 8<\/i>. <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wf-f.org\/BirthofMary.html\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wf-f.org\/BirthofMary.html\">  <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father of mercy, give your people help and strength from heaven. The birth of the Virgin Mary&#8217;s Son was the dawn of our salvation. May this celebration of her birthday bring us closer to lasting peace. 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