{"id":697,"date":"2009-05-07T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T06:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/dom-deluise-the-blessed-mother-is-someone-i-pray-to-all-the-time.html"},"modified":"2009-05-07T06:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T06:27:00","slug":"dom-deluise-the-blessed-mother-is-someone-i-pray-to-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/dom-deluise-the-blessed-mother-is-someone-i-pray-to-all-the-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Dom DeLuise: &#8220;The Blessed Mother is someone I pray to all the time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SgK490jU1GI\/AAAAAAAAFis\/Gru9TLz1hgM\/s1600-h\/WireImage_1645513.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 130px;height: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SgK490jU1GI\/AAAAAAAAFis\/Gru9TLz1hgM\/s200\/WireImage_1645513.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;People give me Blessed Mothers. I have one here, I have one there. I have them all over the house. The Blessed Mother is someone that I pray to all the time, and in fact, I use her as a mantra. When I&#8217;m in my car and there&#8217;s traffic, &#8216;Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of they womb Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.&#8217; I say it all the time. It calms me down.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; Comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/briefs\/cns\/20090506.htm#head12\">Dom DeLuise<\/a>, who died May 4.  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;People give me Blessed Mothers. I have one here, I have one there. I have them all over the house. The Blessed Mother is someone that I pray to all the time, and in fact, I use her as a mantra. 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