{"id":7573,"date":"2017-12-17T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2017-12-17T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T18:58:30","slug":"virtual-advent-2017-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7573","title":{"rendered":"virtual advent 2017: day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/virtual-advent-tour-400.jpg\" alt=\"virtual advent tour\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 17th day of the Virtual Advent Tour. Today is Gaudete Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EDc2FD-vy8M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gaudete&#8221; is the Latin word for &#8220;rejoice,&#8221; the first word of the verses from Philippians 4:4-5 spoken at the beginning of the Catholic service on the third Sunday of Advent. (My Catholic friends, if I&#8217;ve misrepresented that, please correct me.) The 16th-century carol &#8220;Gaudete&#8221; is sung here by Steeleye Span who charted in the U.K. with it back in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>So, in honor of the day, let us rejoice that Christmas has nearly arrived and celebrate by heading over to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thecozypages.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/17\/virtual-advent-tour-christmas-fire-questions\/\">Nina at The Cozy Pages<\/a>, who has a post for us today in which she answers some questions about her holidays. <\/p>\n<p>See you back here tomorrow for the start of the final week of the Virtual Advent Tour!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 17th day of the Virtual Advent Tour. Today is Gaudete Sunday. &#8220;Gaudete&#8221; is the Latin word for &#8220;rejoice,&#8221; the first word of the verses from Philippians 4:4-5 spoken at the beginning of the Catholic service on the third Sunday of Advent. (My Catholic friends, if I&#8217;ve misrepresented that, please correct me.) 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