{"id":24,"date":"2019-01-01T22:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherbasil.com\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:28:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:28:36","slug":"pray-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherbasil.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/01\/pray-always\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray Always"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pray&nbsp;Always<\/strong> &#8211; January 1, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>       If evil is the absence of God, and darkness is the absence of light, then surely those dark and sinister thoughts that plague the minds of many are the absence of prayer and holy reading, for holy reading is the source of much prayer. 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