{"id":3312,"date":"2016-09-08T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T13:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2016-09-08T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T13:29:21","slug":"feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-of-the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","title":{"rendered":"Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer by\u00a0St Bernard<\/p>\n<p>When you follow her; you will not go astray;<br \/>\nWhen you pray to her, You will not despair;<br \/>\nWhen you think of her, You will not err;<br \/>\nWhen she holds you up, You will not fail;<br \/>\nWhen she protects you, You will not fear;<br \/>\nWhen she leads you, You will not be fatigued;<br \/>\nWhen she favors you, You will arrive safely.<br \/>\nShe keeps her Son from striking us;<br \/>\nShe keeps the devil from hurting us;<br \/>\nShe keeps our virtues from escaping us;<br \/>\nShe keeps our merits from being destroyed;<br \/>\nShe keeps our graces from being lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer by\u00a0St Bernard When you follow her; you will not go astray; When you pray to her, You will not despair; When you think of her, You will not err; When she holds you up, You will not fail; When she protects you, You will not fear; When she leads you, You will not be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[29,45],"tags":[309,31],"class_list":["post-3312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feast-day","category-mother-mary-catholic","tag-feast-day","tag-mother-mary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prayer by St Bernard: When you follow her; you will not go astray; When you pray to her, You will not despair; When you think of her, You will not err; When she holds you up, You will not fail; When she protects you, You will not fear; When she leads you, You will not be fatigued; When she favors you, You will arrive safely. 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