{"id":9897,"date":"2026-09-24T23:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/?p=9897"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:23:00","slug":"blessing-of-pets-sunday-oct-4-at-300-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/blessing-of-pets-sunday-oct-4-at-300-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing of pets, Sunday Oct 4 at 3:00 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" data-attachment-id=\"9898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/blessing-of-pets-sunday-oct-4-at-300-pm\/image-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"1274,754\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6-1024x606.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6-767x454.png 767w, https:\/\/www.stmarkstlukeparish.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-6.png 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Sunday October 4 at 3:00 PM, Fr. 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