{"id":61999,"date":"2013-10-04T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=61999"},"modified":"2013-10-04T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:49:21","slug":"francis-of-assisis-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/francis-of-assisis-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis of Assisi&#8217;s day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29454\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/st-fr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29454\" title=\"Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and one of the two patrons of Italy (with Catherine of Siena), and it is customary for Anglican and Roman Catholic churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October.\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/st-fr.jpg?resize=610%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"610\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/st-fr.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/st-fr.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and one of the two patrons of Italy (with Catherine of Siena), and it is customary for Anglican and Roman Catholic churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today is the day of Francis of Assisi, who talks to birds (I&#8217;m sure he listens too), loves critters of all kinds, is a protector of the natural environment and lover of people. Each year we honor his day, and summon his blessings for all living things. I was named Francis by my father, the Franciscan from Flatbush, whose father was named Samuel Francis, and whose mentor was Father Eric, a Franciscan priest. It&#8217;s a great name to have, and I offer Planet Waves in the spirit of my good friend, Francis of Assisi. &#8211;efc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the day of Francis of Assisi, who talks to birds (I&#8217;m sure he listens too), loves critters of all kinds, is a protector of the natural environment and lover of people. Each year we honor his day, and summon his blessings for all living things. I was named Francis by my father, the &#8230; <a title=\"Francis of Assisi&#8217;s day\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/francis-of-assisis-day\/\" aria-label=\"More on Francis of Assisi&#8217;s day\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}