{"id":37676,"date":"2012-08-22T00:53:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T07:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=37676"},"modified":"2014-12-30T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:42:27","slug":"a-reader-writes-from-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/08\/a-reader-writes-from-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"A reader writes from South Africa&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p>I\u2019m freaking out:<\/p>\n<p>My fianc\u00e9 is moving to London to study, and it is going to be a whiiiiile before I see her again. In the last three years, we haven\u2019t spent more than ten nights apart, so I\u2019m unprepared (to say the least).<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for us: that the time might pass swiftly, and that God might keep us close together while we are on opposite sides of the planet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Father, hear our prayer that they could take this time to grow in love for one another in chastity until their glad wedding day, placing you at the center and taking this time of separation to become more like your Son\u00a0as they take up their cross for love\u00a0of you.\u00a0\u00a0Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for them!\u00a0 We ask this through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m freaking out: My fianc\u00e9 is moving to London to study, and it is going to be a whiiiiile before I see her again. In the last three years, we haven\u2019t spent more than ten nights apart, so I\u2019m unprepared (to say the least). 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