{"id":793,"date":"2009-04-14T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/04\/quote-of-the-day-20.html"},"modified":"2009-04-14T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T21:44:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/04\/quote-of-the-day-20.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SeU9IfALDbI\/AAAAAAAAFa8\/7BEFZmskqOI\/s1600-h\/r551387287.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 308px;height: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SeU9IfALDbI\/AAAAAAAAFa8\/7BEFZmskqOI\/s400\/r551387287.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Thanks for opening the door wide enough even for me to get in.  Thanks for welcoming me so warmly as your new pastor! Thanks for already making me feel at home! Thanks for letting me into your lives!  I am so glad you are here. And it sure beats sitting at home doing our last-minute tax returns, doesn&#8217;t it?&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"> &#8212; New York&#8217;s soon-to-be Archbishop, Timothy Dolan,<br \/>at the <a href=\"http:\/\/lohud.com\/article\/20090414\/NEWS05\/904140406\/-1\/newsfront\">Solemn Vespers of April 14, 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\"><b>PHOTO: <\/b> <i>by Shannon Stapleton\/Reuters<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Thanks for opening the door wide enough even for me to get in. Thanks for welcoming me so warmly as your new pastor! Thanks for already making me feel at home! Thanks for letting me into your lives! I am so glad you are here. 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