{"id":3268,"date":"2015-10-31T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T16:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2015-10-31T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T16:17:50","slug":"day-31-31-days-with-mary-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/31\/day-31-31-days-with-mary-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 31 :: 31 Days With Mary\u2014Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/index.php\/31-days-with-mary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2985 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-Days-With.jpg\" alt=\"31 Days With\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-Days-With.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-Days-With-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-Days-With-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I can hardly believe I made it! Thirty-one straight days of writing about one of my favorite topics, the Blessed Mother, in one of my favorite months, October, the month of the Rosary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today is Halloween, and it is busy! <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/30\/day-30-31-days-with-mary-what-would-mary-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">I talked about busyness yesterday, and I pondered how Mary would have handled it.<\/a> We are gearing up for a fall birthday party with Greg&#8217;s side of the family, followed by trick-or-treating on this rainy Halloween. This morning, I am just getting back from a gluten-free\/allergy-free cookie class, and Greg is taking two daughters to theater.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have a lot to do before the party begins, and so this series won&#8217;t end with a bang. But it will end with praise and thanksgiving:\u00a0Thank you, Lord, for sharing Your mother with us. And thank you, Mary, for being a mother to me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3117\" src=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2611.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2611\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2611.jpg 480w, http:\/\/sarahdamm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2611-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">On This Day, O Beautiful Mother<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">On the day, O beautiful Mother,<br \/>\nOn this day we give thee our love.<br \/>\nNear they, Madonna, fondly we hover,<br \/>\nTrusting thy gentle care to prove.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">On this day we ask to share,<br \/>\nDearest Mother, thy sweet care.<br \/>\nAid us ere our feet astray<br \/>\nWander from they guiding way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">Queen of angels, deign to hear<br \/>\nLisping children&#8217;s humble pray&#8217;r,<br \/>\nYoung hearts gain, O virgin pure,<br \/>\nSweetly to thyself allure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hardly believe I made it! 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