{"id":3463,"date":"2017-08-06T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2017-08-06T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T13:59:30","slug":"feast-transfiguration-aug-6th-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/feast-transfiguration-aug-6th-homily","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/q7nwi8twuIs\" title=\"Beautiful Homily on the Feast of the Transfiguration\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Jesus,\u00a0took with him St. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, Sts. 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