{"id":2387,"date":"2018-01-01T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=2387"},"modified":"2017-12-31T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T22:21:07","slug":"the-solemnity-of-mary-the-mother-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/the-solemnity-of-mary-the-mother-of-god","title":{"rendered":"The Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mary is so closely united to Jesus because she received from him the knowledge of the heart, the knowledge of faith, nourished by her experience as a mother and by her close relationship with her Son. 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