{"id":13175,"date":"2014-01-15T11:11:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=13175"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:00:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:00:19","slug":"first-love-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"First Love Lost","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FRANCIS, AND THE COMING PASSION OF THE CHURCH<br \/>PART II<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg\" width=\"395\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>by Ron DiCianni<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>EIGHT<\/strong> years ago, I had a powerful experience before the Blessed Sacrament <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/about-mark\/\"><em>About Mark<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> where I felt the Lord asked me to put my music ministry second and begin to &#8220;watch&#8221; and &#8220;speak&#8221; of the things He would show me. Under the spiritual direction of holy, faithful men, I gave my &#8220;fiat&#8221; to the Lord. It was clear to me from the very beginning that I was not to speak with my own voice, but the voice of Christ&#8217;s established authority on earth: the Magisterium of the Church. For to the twelve Apostles Jesus said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Whoever listens to you listens to me. (Luke 10:16)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">And the chief prophetic voice in the Church is that of the office of Peter, the Pope. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 1581; cf. Matt 16:18; Jn 21:17<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">The reason I mention this is because, taking into consideration everything that I have been inspired to write, everything that is happening in the world, everything that is in my heart now (and all of it I submit to the Church&#8217;s discernment and judgment) I believe the pontificate of Pope Francis is a<em> significant signpost<\/em> at this juncture in time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">In March of 2011, I wrote <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-seven-seals-of-revolution\/\">The Seven Seals of Revolution<\/a><\/em> explaining how we appear to be on the <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hurricane-1.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"244\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/><em>threshold <\/em>of witnessing these seals <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 6:1-17, 8:1<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> being definitively opened in our times. It takes no theologian to recognize that the contents of the seals are appearing daily in our headlines: the murmurs of a third World War, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/us-war-on-syria-prelude-to-a-world-war-iii-scenario-professor-michel-chossudovsky\/5348833\">globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> economic collapse and hyper-inflation, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2014-and-the-rising-beast\/\">2014 and the Rise of the Beast<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> the end of the antibiotic era and thus plagues <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0924857907000192\">cf. sciencedirect.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>; the onset of famine from the damage to our food supply by poisoning, erratic weather, the eradication of honey bees, etc. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2013\/12\/japan-radiation-poisoning-america\/\">wnd.com<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/iceagenow.info\/2013\/04\/cold-threatens-basic-uk-food-supply\/\">iceagenow.info;<\/a> cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/snow-in-cairo\/\"><em>Snow in Cairo<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> It is hard <em>not<\/em> to see that<em> the time of the seals<\/em> may be upon us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">But <em>before <\/em>the seals are opened in the Book of Revelation, Jesus dictates seven letters to &#8220;the seven churches.&#8221; In these letters, the Lord takes to task\u2014not the pagans\u2014but the <em>Christian <\/em>churches for their compromises, complacency, tolerance of evil, participation in immorality, lukewarmness, and hypocrisy. Perhaps it could be summarized best in the words of the letter to the church at Ephesus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors. Moreover, you have endurance and have suffered for my name, and you have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: <em>you have lost the love you had at first<\/em>. Realize how far you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. (Rev 2:1-5)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Here, Jesus is addressing faithful Christians! They have a good sense of what is right and wrong. They easily spot pastors who are worldly. They have suffered persecution from both within and without the Church. <em>But&#8230; <\/em> they have <em>lost the love they had at first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">This is essentially what Pope Francis is now saying to the Church&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">SEVEN LETTERS, SEVEN WOES<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/francis-and-the-coming-passion-of-the-church\/\">Part I of <em>Francis, and the Coming Passion of the Church<\/em><\/a>, we examined Christ&#8217;s entry into Jerusalem and how it parallels the Holy Father&#8217;s reception thus far. Understand, the comparison is not so much Jesus with Pope Francis, but Jesus and the prophetic direction of the Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">After Jesus entered the City, he cleansed the temple and then <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusCleansingtheTemple.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"363\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>proceeded to dictate to the disciples <em>seven woes<\/em> addressed to the Pharisees and Scribes (see Matt 23:1-36). The seven letters in Revelation were likewise addressed to the &#8220;seven stars&#8221;, that is, leaders of the churches; and like the seven woes, the seven letters essentially address the same spiritual blindness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Jesus then laments over Jerusalem; in Revelation, John weeps because there is no one worthy to open the seals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">And then what?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\"><em>Jesus begins his discourse on the signs of His coming and close of the age. <\/em>Likewise, John witnesses the opening of the seven seals, which are the hard labour pains that lead to the end of the age and birth of a new era. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/dear-holy-father-he-is-coming\/\">Dear Holy Father&#8230; He is Coming!<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">FIRST LOVE LOST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city shook. Likewise, Pope Francis continues to shake up Christendom. But the most unexpected target of the Holy Father&#8217;s criticisms has been toward the &#8220;conservative&#8221; element in the Church, those who by and large &#8220;<em>cannot tolerate the wicked; [who] have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors. Moreover, [those who] have endurance and have suffered for [Christ&#8217;s] name, and have not grown weary.&#8221;<\/em> In other words, those who cannot tolerate the slaughter of the unborn, those who defend traditional marriage, the dignity of the human person, and often that at the cost of friendships, family, even jobs. They are those who have persevered through lifeless liturgies, weak homilies, and bad theology; those who have listened to Our Lady, persevered through suffering, and remained obedient to the Magisterium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">And yet, can we not hear the words of Jesus being said to us again through the Holy Father?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">&#8230;you have lost the love you had at first. (Rev 2:4)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">What is our first love, or rather, what should it be? <em>Our love to make Jesus known among the nations<\/em>, at any cost. That was the fire that Pentecost lit; that was the fire that led the Apostles to their martyrdoms; that was the fire that spread throughout Europe and Asia and beyond, converting kings, transforming nations, and giving birth to saints. As Paul VI said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>There is no true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, are not proclaimed\u2026<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u2014POPE PAUL VI, <em>Evangelization in the Modern World<\/em>, n. 22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Where is the evangelizing heart of the Church? We see it here and there, in this rare movement or that person. But can we say, as a whole, that we have responded to John Paul II&#8217;s urgent plea when he prophetically proclaimed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/pope-john-paul-evangelize.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"237\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>God is opening before the Church the horizons of a humanity more fully prepared for the sowing of the Gospel. I sense that the moment has come to commit <em>all<\/em> of the Church\u2019s energies to a new evangelization and to the mission <em>ad gentes<\/em>. No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all people. <\/strong>\u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/holy_father\/john_paul_ii\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_07121990_redemptoris-missio_en.html\">Redemptoris Missio<\/a>, <\/em>n. 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Do we ever speak the name of Jesus to our friends and neighbours? Do we ever lead others to the truths of the Gospel? Do we ever share the life and teachings of Jesus? Do we ever convey the hopes and promises that come with a life lived and dedicated to Christ and His Kingdom? Or do we just argue about moral issues?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">I too have had to search my soul on these questions. Because that is what is missing, by and large, from the work of the Church today. We have become experts at keeping the status quo in our parishes! &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t stir the pot! Faith is private! Keep everything neat and tidy!&#8221;<\/em> Really? As the world continues to descend <em>rapidly <\/em>into moral darkness, is this not the time to take our lampstand out from beneath the bushel basket? To be the salt of the earth? To bring, not peace, but the sword of love and truth?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Go against the current, against this civilization that is doing us so much harm. Understand? Go against the current: and this means making noise&#8230; I want a mess&#8230; I want trouble in the dioceses! I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!&#8230; Go forward, remaining true to the values of beauty, goodness, and truth.<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.philly.com\/2013-07-27\/news\/40817237_1_pope-francis-catholics-vatican\">philly.com<\/a>, Jul. 27th, 2013; <a href=\"http:\/\/vaticaninsider.lastampa.it\/en\/the-vatican\/detail\/articolo\/francesco-francis-francisco-27440\/\"><em>Vatican Insider<\/em><\/a>, Aug. 28th, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">A Church that doesn&#8217;t go out and preach simply becomes a civic or humanitarian group, he said. It is a Church that has lost its <em>first love. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">BACK TO THE BEGINNING<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Of course, we should have nothing but high praise for those who volunteer at Catholic pregnancy centers and in front of abortion clinics, or who engage politicians and the democratic process fighting for traditional marriage, respect for human dignity, and a more just and civilized society. But what Pope Francis is saying now to the Church, and sometimes in the most blunt of terms, is that we cannot forget the <em>kerygma<\/em>, the &#8220;first proclamation&#8221; of the Gospel, <em>our first love. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">And so he begins by calling Christians, as did John Paul II, to open wide their hearts to Jesus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Isn&#8217;t this exactly what Jesus said in one of the seven letters, again, addressed to <em>Christians:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me. (Rev 3:20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">We can&#8217;t give what we don&#8217;t have. Other reasons we need to begin with ourselves, says Francis, are because there are &#8220;Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 6<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and because of <em>worldliness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Spiritual worldliness, which hides behind the appearance of piety and even love for the Church, consists in seeking not the Lord\u2019s glory but human glory and personal well-being. It is what the Lord reprimanded the Pharisees for: \u201cHow can you believe, who receive glory from one <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Comfort-Zone_000.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"275\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> (<i>Jn<\/i> 5:44). <strong>It is a subtle way of seeking one\u2019s \u201cown interests, not those of Jesus Christ\u201d<\/strong> (<i>Phil<\/i> 2:21)<strong>.<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em>Evangelii Gaudium<\/em>, n. 93<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">Thus, he reminds us that evangelization is &#8220;the first task of the Church,&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 15<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and that we &#8220;cannot passively and calmly wait in our church buildings.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 15<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Or as Pope Benedict said, &#8220;We cannot calmly accept the rest of humanity falling back again into paganism.&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_12');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_12');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[12]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_12\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Cardinal Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI), <em>The New Evangelization, Building the Civilization of Love<\/em>; Address to Catechists and Religion Teachers, December 12, 2000<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_12').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_12', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;all of us are asked to obey his call to go forth from our own comfort zone in order to reach all the \u201cperipheries\u201d in need of the light of the Gospel.<\/strong> \u2014POPE FRANCIS, <em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">This means that the Church <em> must <\/em>shift gears, he says, into a &#8220;pastoral ministry in a missionary style&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_13');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_13');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[13]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_13\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 35<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_13').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_13', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> that is not&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230; obsessed with the disjointed transmission of a multitude of doctrines to be insistently imposed. When we adopt a pastoral goal and a missionary style which would actually reach everyone without exception or exclusion, the message has to concentrate on the essentials, on what is most beautiful, most grand, most appealing and at the same time most necessary. The message is simplified, while losing none of its depth and truth, and thus becomes all the more forceful and convincing.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <em>\u2014Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 35<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">This is the <em>kerygma<\/em> that Pope Francis feels is missing and needs to be urgently restored:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;the first proclamation must ring out over and over: \u201cJesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free you.\u201d This first proclamation is called \u201cfirst\u201d not because it exists at the beginning and can then be forgotten or replaced by other more important things. It is first in a qualitative sense because it is the principal proclamation, the one which we must hear again and again in different ways, the one which we must announce one way or another throughout the process of catechesis, at every level and moment.<\/strong> \u2014<em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 164<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">THROWING THE POPE OVERBOARD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">But many Catholics today are upset because the Holy Father isn&#8217;t emphasizing the culture war as much, or has reached out to atheists and gays, the poor and disenfranchised, the divorced and re-married <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/feetpope.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"381\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/>Catholic. But he has done so &#8220;while losing none&#8221; of the &#8220;depth and truth&#8221; of our Catholic Tradition, which he has time and again affirmed <em>must <\/em> be preserved in whole. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_14');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_14');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[14]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_14\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/francis-and-the-coming-passion-of-the-church\/\">Part I<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_14').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_14', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In truth, some are beginning to sound an awful lot like the Pharisees who wanted the law stressed; who have distilled Catholicism to a &#8220;collection of prohibitions&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_15');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_13175_1('footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_15');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[15]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_15\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">BENEDICT XVI; cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/objective-judgment\/\"><em>Objective Judgment<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_15').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_13175_1_15', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and rehearsed apologetics; who feel it is scandalous for the Pope to reach out to the peripheries in such a way that has diminished the dignity of his office (such as washing the feet of a Muslim woman!). I am amazed at how quickly some Catholics are ready to throw the Holy Father overboard the Barque of Peter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">If we aren&#8217;t careful, Jesus will weep over us as He did Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Let us ask the Lord that&#8230; [we not] be pure legalists, hypocrites, like the scribes and Pharisees \u2026 Let us not be corrupt&#8230; nor be lukewarm&#8230; but be like Jesus, with that zeal to seek people, heal people, to love people. <\/strong>\u2014POPE FRANCIS, ncregister.com, Jan. 14th, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">That is not to say that there aren&#8217;t some just criticisms on the way the Holy Father has phrased some things, particularly in his off-the-cuff remarks. Some of these I have dealt with in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/misunderstanding-francis\/\">Misunderstanding Francis<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">But we cannot miss the underlying prophetic message. The seven churches to whom Jesus addressed His letters <em>are no longer Christian nations. <\/em>The Lord came and removed their lampstand because they failed to heed the prophetic word. Christ has likewise been sending us prophets too, such as St. Faustina, Blessed John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and of course, the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are all saying much the same thing as Pope Francis, and that is the need to repent, trust in God&#8217;s mercy again, and spread the message to everyone around us. Are we listening, or are we responding like the Pharisees and Scribes, burying our talents in the ground, turning a deaf ear to authentic &#8220;private&#8221; and &#8220;public&#8221; revelation, and refusing to hear those who challenge our comfort zone?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you. (Matt 23:37)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">I ask, because the definitive opening of the seals draws ever closer to this hard-hearted generation as we complacently and calmly let <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hurricane21.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"273\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" \/>our neighbours descend into paganism\u2014in part, because we told them all about the rights of the unborn and traditional marriage, but failed to bring them into an encounter with the love and mercy of Jesus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>&#8230;the threat of judgment also concerns us, the Church in Europe, Europe and the West in general&#8230; the Lord is also crying out to our ears the words that in the Book of Revelation he addresses to the Church of Ephesus: \u201cIf you do not repent I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.\u201d Light can also be taken away from us and we do well to let this warning ring out with its full seriousness in our hearts, while crying to the Lord: \u201cHelp us to repent! Give all of us the grace of true renewal! Do not allow your light in our midst to blow out! Strengthen our faith, our hope and our love, so that we can bear good fruit!\u201d<\/strong> \u2014BENEDICT XVI, <em>Opening Homily<\/em>, <em>Synod of Bishops,<\/em> October 2nd, 2005, Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono; font-size: small;\">Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me&#8230;\u00a0For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of God. (Luke 10:16, 1 Pt 4:17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/eye-of-the-storm\/\"><strong><em>The Eye of the Storm<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-illumination-revelation\/\"><strong><em>Revelation Illumination<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/after-the-illumination\/\"><strong><em>After the Illumination<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/warnings-in-the-wind\/\"><strong><em>Warnings in the Wind<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"recommend\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/\" data-via=\"MarkMallett2\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To receive <strong><em>The Now Word, <\/em><\/strong><em><\/em>Mark&#8217;s daily Mass reflections,<em><br \/><\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/> Your email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12200 aligncenter\" alt=\"NowWord Banner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png\" width=\"463\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png 798w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Spiritual Food for Thought is a full-time apostolate.<br \/>Will you help me this year with your prayers and tithes?<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/store.markmallett.com\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Join Mark on Facebook and Twitter!<\/span><br \/><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Mark-Mallett\/479309778804431\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebooklogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Facebooklogo.png\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMallett2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitterlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Twitterlogo.png\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_13175_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_13175_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_13175_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_13175_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/about-mark\/\"><em>About Mark<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 1581; cf. Matt 16:18; Jn 21:17<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. Rev 6:1-17, 8:1<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/us-war-on-syria-prelude-to-a-world-war-iii-scenario-professor-michel-chossudovsky\/5348833\">globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2014-and-the-rising-beast\/\">2014 and the Rise of the Beast<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0924857907000192\">cf. sciencedirect.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2013\/12\/japan-radiation-poisoning-america\/\">wnd.com<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/iceagenow.info\/2013\/04\/cold-threatens-basic-uk-food-supply\/\">iceagenow.info;<\/a> cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/snow-in-cairo\/\"><em>Snow in Cairo<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_8');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>8<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/dear-holy-father-he-is-coming\/\">Dear Holy Father&#8230; He is Coming!<\/a><\/em><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_9');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>9<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 6<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 15<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_11');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>11<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 15<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_12\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_12');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>12<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Cardinal Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI), <em>The New Evangelization, Building the Civilization of Love<\/em>; Address to Catechists and Religion Teachers, December 12, 2000<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_13\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_13');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>13<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><em>Evangelii Gaudium, <\/em>n. 35<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_14\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_14');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>14<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/francis-and-the-coming-passion-of-the-church\/\">Part I<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_13175_1_15\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_13175_1_15');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>15<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">BENEDICT XVI; cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/objective-judgment\/\"><em>Objective Judgment<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_13175_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_13175_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_13175_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_13175_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_13175_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_13175_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_13175_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_13175_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_13175_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_13175_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_13175_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_13175_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_13175_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_13175_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANCIS, AND THE COMING PASSION OF THE CHURCHPART II by Ron DiCianni \u00a0 EIGHT years ago, I had a powerful experience before the Blessed Sacrament [1]cf. About Mark where I felt the Lord asked me to put my music ministry second and begin to &#8220;watch&#8221; and &#8220;speak&#8221; of the things He would show me. Under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","category-the-hard-truth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Love Lost - The Now Word<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Love Lost - The Now Word\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FRANCIS, AND THE COMING PASSION OF THE CHURCHPART II by Ron DiCianni \u00a0 EIGHT years ago, I had a powerful experience before the Blessed Sacrament [1]cf. About Mark where I felt the Lord asked me to put my music ministry second and begin to &#8220;watch&#8221; and &#8220;speak&#8221; of the things He would show me. Under [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Now Word\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a\"},\"headline\":\"First Love Lost\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2740,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/JesusWept.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"THE HARD TRUTH\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/\",\"name\":\"First Love Lost - The Now Word\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/JesusWept.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/JesusWept.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/JesusWept.jpg\",\"width\":395,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/first-love-lost\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First Love Lost\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Now Word\",\"description\":\"\u2014 With Mark Mallett \u2014\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a\",\"name\":\"Mark\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Mark\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markmallett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Love Lost - The Now Word","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First Love Lost - The Now Word","og_description":"FRANCIS, AND THE COMING PASSION OF THE CHURCHPART II by Ron DiCianni \u00a0 EIGHT years ago, I had a powerful experience before the Blessed Sacrament [1]cf. About Mark where I felt the Lord asked me to put my music ministry second and begin to &#8220;watch&#8221; and &#8220;speak&#8221; of the things He would show me. Under [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/","og_site_name":"The Now Word","article_published_time":"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Mark","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark","Est. reading time":"14 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a"},"headline":"First Love Lost","datePublished":"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/"},"wordCount":2740,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg","articleSection":["HOME","THE HARD TRUTH"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/","url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/","name":"First Love Lost - The Now Word","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg","datePublished":"2014-01-15T17:11:54+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-18T02:00:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JesusWept.jpg","width":395,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/first-love-lost\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First Love Lost"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/","name":"The Now Word","description":"\u2014 With Mark Mallett \u2014","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/000af5cf476f9c725d5bc45f722aa99a","name":"Mark","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Mark"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-hurricaneearth_Fotor2.jpg"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28843,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13175\/revisions\/28843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}