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  • Sep 25 – Ember Fri / S Vincent Strambi

    Sep 25 – Ember Fri / S Vincent Strambi
    2026/09/25
    It's the Feast of Ember Fri of Sept, 2nd Class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: the meditation: "Holiness and Charity", today's news from the Church: "The French District of the SSPX Calls for Prayers for the Pope", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism: What Does "He Descended Into Hell" Mean?", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Holiness and Charity" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "The French District of the SSPX Calls for Prayers for the Pope" (FSSPX.news) https://sspx.org/en/news/visit-leo-xiv-french-district-sspx-calls-prayers-pope-61267 The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism: What Does "He Descended Into Hell" Mean?" (SSPX Podcast) View on YouTubeListen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Vincent Strambi is one of those saints whose story becomes especially interesting near the end, when an elderly bishop apparently offered his own life for the pope. He was born in 1745 in Civitavecchia, the port city outside Rome. His father hoped he would marry and continue the family business. Vincent had other plans. He wanted to become a priest, although by his own admission he wasn't naturally very pious as a boy. After ordination, he became increasingly drawn to preaching and eventually met Paul of the Cross. Vincent joined the Passionists. It was a perfect fit. The congregation centered its spirituality on the Passion of Christ, and Vincent became an extraordinary missionary preacher. He traveled throughout Italy giving missions that could last for days or weeks. His preaching was direct, emotional, and practical, and crowds came in enormous numbers. He also became one of Saint Paul of the Cross's closest companions and eventually wrote his biography, giving us much of what we know about the Passionist founder today. Then Vincent was made Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino. He didn't want the job. That seems to happen to saints fairly often. As bishop, Vincent lived simply, visited parishes, improved seminaries, and continued preaching. But his episcopacy happened during one of the most chaotic periods in Italian history: the Napoleonic era. When Napoleon demanded an oath of loyalty that Vincent believed violated his obligations to the Church, he refused. So he was expelled from his diocese. For years, Vincent lived in exile before eventually returning after Napoleon's fall. By then he was elderly and exhausted, and he finally received permission to retire. Then came one last remarkable episode. Vincent moved to Rome and became a close adviser to Pope Leo XII. In 1823, the newly elected pope became gravely ill. According to Passionist tradition, Vincent celebrated Mass and offered his own life to God in exchange for Leo's recovery. The pope recovered. Vincent became ill almost immediately. Within days, he was dead. He was seventy-nine years old. Whether we understand that event as miraculous or as a beautiful act of self-offering, it fits Vincent's entire life. He belonged to a religious community built around the Passion of Christ, and his final act was an attempt to imitate Christ by offering himself for another. His relics are venerated in Macerata, while his memory remains especially strong among the Passionists. Vincent spent decades preaching about the Cross. In the end, he tried to make his own life into one final sermon. Saint Vincent Strambi, Passionist preacher and generous shepherd of souls, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of ...
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  • Sep 26 – Ember Sat / N. American Martyrs

    Sep 26 – Ember Sat / N. American Martyrs
    2026/09/26
    It's the Feast of Ember Sat of Sept, 2nd Class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: the meditation: "Purity of Intention", today's news from the Church: "The SSPX Renews the Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Purity of Intention" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "The SSPX Renews the Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/sspx-renews-consecration-germany-immaculate-heart-mary-61222 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook The North American Martyrs were eight French Jesuit missionaries who entered seventeenth-century North America knowing that the work might kill them. For several of them, it did so in extraordinarily brutal ways. The best known are Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and their six companions. They worked primarily among Indigenous peoples in what is now Canada and the northeastern United States, especially the Wendat, or Huron. Their mission unfolded amid warfare, epidemics, and fierce conflict among Native nations, so their story is inseparable from a very complicated period of North American history. Brébeuf arrived in New France in 1625. He threw himself into learning the Wendat language and culture. He became so fluent that he compiled dictionaries and translated prayers and catechetical material. The famous Christmas hymn known today as the Huron Carol is traditionally attributed to him, originally composed in the Wendat language. Isaac Jogues had an even stranger story. In 1642, he was captured by Mohawk warriors, tortured, and held captive for months. Several of his fingers were mutilated, creating a serious problem for a priest because Church law at the time normally required intact hands for celebrating Mass. Eventually Jogues escaped. He made it back to France. At that point, most people would probably consider the mission complete. Jogues asked to go back. The pope gave him special permission to celebrate Mass despite his damaged hands, and Jogues returned to North America, knowing exactly what might happen. In 1646, he was killed in present-day New York. Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant were killed three years later during attacks on the Wendat missions. Others among the eight died at different mission stations during the same violent period. But there are fascinating pieces of their world still visible today. Near Midland, Ontario, the Martyrs' Shrine stands near the reconstructed Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. In Auriesville, New York, another shrine remembers Jogues and his companions near the area traditionally associated with his captivity and death. And there is an extraordinary connection to another saint. At the Mohawk settlement where Jogues had once been held prisoner, a girl was born about ten years after his death. Her name was Kateri Tekakwitha. The missionaries died without knowing what would become of their work. Their missions were destroyed, communities scattered, and years of labor seemed lost. Yet the faith they planted didn't disappear. Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and the Holy North American Martyrs, courageous missionaries of the New World, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of Catholic doctrine and morals as the Church has always defended them. What people need is the Catholic Faith, without compromise, with all the truth and ...
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  • Sep 27 - XVIII Sun of Pentecost / S Hiltrude of Liessies

    Sep 27 - XVIII Sun of Pentecost / S Hiltrude of Liessies
    2026/09/27
    It's the Feast of XVIII Sunday after Pentecost, 2nd Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "Spiritual Paralysis", today's news from the Church: "Who Are You to Judge?", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Spiritual Paralysis" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Who Are You to Judge?" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/who-are-you-judge-61240 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Hiltrude of Liessies is one of those saints whose life never became famous far beyond her own region, but whose story has been quietly remembered in northern France for more than a thousand years. She lived during the eighth century and was born into a noble Frankish family. Her father, Wibert, founded a monastery at Liessies, near what is now the French-Belgian border. Her brother, Guntrad, became its abbot. Hiltrude, meanwhile, was expected to get married. A suitable husband was found, the arrangements were made, and everyone seemed to know what Hiltrude's future would look like. Everyone except Hiltrude. She wanted to give her life entirely to God. According to tradition, when the proposed marriage became unavoidable, Hiltrude fled rather than go through with it. She eventually returned after her family accepted her decision and allowed her to live as a consecrated woman. But she didn't simply join a large convent. Instead, Hiltrude chose a much more secluded life. She lived in a small cell near the monastery at Liessies, close enough to participate in its spiritual life but separated enough to maintain the solitude she desired. Her brother, as abbot, became an important support in her vocation. There's something interesting about that arrangement. Medieval Christianity included all sorts of religious vocations that don't fit neatly into our modern categories. Some people became monks or nuns. Others became hermits. Still others, like Hiltrude, lived almost as recluses, attached to a church or monastery but spending much of their lives in prayer and solitude. Hiltrude became known locally for exactly that kind of hidden holiness. No enormous missionary journeys. No royal courts. No theological controversies. Just years of prayer in one small corner of northern France. After her death, her tomb at Liessies became a local place of pilgrimage, and devotion to her spread through the surrounding region of Hainaut. Her relics were treasured there for centuries. The monastery itself had a much longer life. Liessies Abbey grew into an important Benedictine house and survived for roughly a thousand years before the French Revolution brought monastic life there to an end. Much of the abbey disappeared, but the village still preserves its memory, along with that of the young woman who chose solitude over the comfortable future her family had planned. Hiltrude's story isn't dramatic. That's actually what makes it interesting. She believed that a life could be completely given to God without being particularly visible to anyone else. And for her, that was enough. Saint Hiltrude of Liessies, hidden daughter of prayer and solitude, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of Catholic doctrine and morals as the Church has always defended them. What people need is the Catholic Faith, without compromise, with all the truth and beauty which accompanies it. https://sspx.org
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  • Oct 14 – S Callistus / S Fortunatus

    Oct 14 – S Callistus / S Fortunatus
    2026/10/14
    It's the Feast of St. Callistus, 3rd Class, with the color of Red. In this episode: the meditation: "The Mission of Guardian Angels", today's news from the Church: "Tomorrow, the Antichrist? When Theology Sheds Light on Geopolitics", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "The Mission of Guardian Angels" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Tomorrow, the Antichrist? When Theology Sheds Light on Geopolitics" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/tomorrow-antichrist-when-theology-sheds-light-geopolitics-61530 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> Saint Fortunatus of Todi is one of those early Italian bishops whose reputation survived for fifteen hundred years, thanks in large part to some remarkable stories preserved by Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Fortunatus lived during the sixth century and served as Bishop of Todi, a hilltop town in central Italy. This was a difficult period for the region. The Western Roman Empire had collapsed, wars were sweeping through Italy, and bishops often found themselves responsible for far more than the spiritual needs of their people. Fortunatus became especially known for his charity, his prayers, and, according to Gregory, an extraordinary gift for working miracles. One of the most unusual stories concerns a horse. A Gothic soldier had left his horse in Fortunatus's care. When the soldier returned, the animal became so wild that nobody could approach it. Fortunatus simply made the Sign of the Cross, and the horse immediately became calm. Apparently, even the horses recognized a holy bishop. But Gregory records something considerably more astonishing. A man came to Fortunatus grieving the death of his son. He begged the bishop to restore the boy to life. Fortunatus initially refused, insisting that such power belonged to God alone. The father wouldn't give up. According to the account, Fortunatus eventually knelt beside the child's body and prayed. The boy was restored to life. Gregory included this story in his Dialogues, a collection of accounts about the holy men and women of Italy. These weren't simply entertaining legends to Gregory. He wanted Christians living through frightening and uncertain times to remember that God had not abandoned His Church. Fortunatus also became associated with the healing of the sick and the deliverance of those suffering from demonic oppression. His reputation spread well beyond Todi, and pilgrims began visiting his tomb after his death. And here's something particularly interesting about his legacy. The church dedicated to him in Todi eventually became one of the town's most magnificent buildings. The present Church of San Fortunato is a beautiful medieval structure overlooking the surrounding Umbrian countryside. Its crypt preserves the memory of the bishop, and the church also contains the tomb of Jacopone da Todi, the thirteenth-century Franciscan poet traditionally associated with the Stabat Mater. So one church connects an early miracle-working bishop with one of medieval Catholicism's most famous religious poets. Fortunatus died around the year 565, but his name never really left Todi. For centuries, the townspeople have remembered him not as a powerful ruler or famous scholar, but as the bishop who cared for them and whose prayers, they believed, could accomplish extraordinary things. Saint Fortunatus of Todi, compassionate shepherd and wonderworker of Umbria, pray for us. - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of Catholic doctrine and morals as the Church has always defended them. What people need is the Catholic Faith, without compromise,...
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  • Sep 30 – S Jerome

    Sep 30 – S Jerome
    2026/09/30
    It's the Feast of St. Jerome, 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "Our Spiritual Healing", today's news from the Church: "A Banner Addressed to Leo XIV in Support of the SSPX", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Our Spiritual Healing" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "A Banner Addressed to Leo XIV in Support of the SSPX" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/paris-banner-addressed-leo-xiv-support-sspx-61327 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Jerome is one of the great Doctors of the Church, but he may also be one of the saints you'd least want criticizing your work. He was brilliant, sarcastic, argumentative, occasionally hot-tempered, and absolutely obsessed with getting the words of Scripture right. Jerome was born around the year 347 in Stridon, somewhere near the borderlands of the Roman Empire in the Balkans. His family sent him to Rome for an excellent education, and Jerome became fascinated with classical literature. He loved Cicero and the great Latin authors so much that, according to his own account, he once had a terrifying dream in which he stood before God's judgment seat and was accused of being "a Ciceronian, not a Christian." That got his attention. Jerome eventually embraced a much more serious Christian life and spent several years living as an ascetic in the Syrian desert. But he brought books. Lots of books. He studied Greek, and then did something unusual for a Western Christian scholar of his time: he learned Hebrew, reportedly receiving lessons from Jewish teachers. That decision would eventually change the Bible used by Western Christianity. In the 380s, Pope Damasus I asked Jerome to revise the existing Latin translations of Scripture, which varied considerably from place to place. Jerome didn't simply tidy up the wording. He spent years comparing manuscripts, consulting the original languages, and eventually translating much of the Old Testament directly from Hebrew. The result became the foundation of what we call the Latin Vulgate, the Bible that would shape Western Catholic worship, theology, art, and culture for more than a thousand years. And Jerome definitely had opinions while doing it. His surviving letters show a man who could be warm and deeply pastoral one moment and absolutely devastating toward an opponent the next. He once complained about people criticizing his translations who didn't know Hebrew themselves. Jerome was not especially interested in losing an argument politely. Later in life, he settled in Bethlehem, where he established monasteries and spent roughly three decades studying Scripture near the place of Christ's birth. Visitors to the Church of the Nativity can still visit a cave traditionally associated with Jerome's years of work. There's something wonderfully fitting about imagining one of history's greatest biblical scholars surrounded by manuscripts in a cave beneath Bethlehem. Artists often depict Jerome with a lion because of a later legend that he removed a thorn from the animal's paw and the grateful lion remained with him afterward. He's also usually surrounded by books, which is probably much closer to historical reality. Jerome could be difficult. He could also be wrong. But he believed Sacred Scripture deserved a lifetime of serious study. And he gave it one. Saint Jerome, brilliant Doctor of Scripture and tireless translator of the Word of God, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are ...
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  • Sep 28 – S Wenceslaus / S Simon de Rojas

    Sep 28 – S Wenceslaus / S Simon de Rojas
    2026/09/28
    It's the Feast of St. Wenceslaus, 3rd Class, with the color of Red. In this episode: the meditation: "Spiritual Paralysis", today's news from the Church: "Jesus, Doctor of Souls", a preview of the Sermon: "The Vocation of Charity: Christ's Blood Changes Everything", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Spiritual Paralysis" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Jesus, Doctor of Souls" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/vienna-holy-name-mary-resounds-streets-61288 "The Vocation of Charity: Christ's Blood Changes Everything" (SSPX Sermons) SSPX YouTube: Sermons PlaylistListen & Subscribe: SSPX Sermons Podcast The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Simon de Rojas became famous for a prayer containing only 2 Latin words. Ave Maria. He loved the name of Mary so much that those words seemed to follow him everywhere. Simon was born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1552. According to tradition, he was unusually slow to begin speaking as a child, which worried his parents. When he finally did speak clearly, the first words attributed to him were "Ave Maria." Whether that happened exactly as later tradition remembered it or not, it certainly predicted the rest of his life. Simon entered the Trinitarian Order, the community originally founded to ransom Christians held captive in Muslim territories. He was intelligent, became a priest, studied theology, and eventually taught philosophy and theology himself. But Simon's real gift was dealing with people. He became a celebrated preacher and confessor and eventually attracted the attention of the Spanish royal family. King Philip III and later Philip IV trusted him enough that Simon became connected with the royal court and served as spiritual adviser to members of the family. That's usually where court life gets comfortable. Simon somehow made it uncomfortable instead. He used his access to the wealthy to talk constantly about the poor. Money and gifts given to him had a habit of disappearing into the hands of struggling families, prisoners, and people living on the streets of Madrid. He became especially concerned about poor children and founded charitable works to provide them with food and education. But the devotion that defined Simon was his love for the Holy Name of Mary. He wanted people to develop the habit of calling upon Our Lady throughout the day, so he promoted the simple greeting "Ave Maria" everywhere he went. He even founded the Congregation of the Slaves of the Sweet Name of Mary to spread Marian devotion and care for the poor. Simon apparently greeted people with "Ave Maria" rather than the ordinary greetings of the day. Eventually people began calling him the Apostle of the Ave Maria. There's something wonderfully simple about that. Simon was a theologian. He advised kings. He held important positions in his religious order. Yet the message people remembered was basically: Say Mary's name. Remember her. Ask her to lead you to Christ. Simon died in Madrid in 1624. His reputation for holiness was so strong that enormous crowds came to honor him, including members of the royal court and many of the poor whom he had served. His story fits beautifully near the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Simon understood that sometimes the shortest prayers are the ones we can carry with us everywhere. Three words were enough for him. Saint Simon de Rojas, Apostle of the Ave Maria and friend of the poor, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to ...
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  • Sep 29 – S Michael the Archangel

    Sep 29 – S Michael the Archangel
    2026/09/29
    It's the Feast of Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel , 1st Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Sacrament of Penance", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook: Operation Survival", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "The Sacrament of Penance" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption The SSPX Podcast: "Audiobook: Operation Survival" (SSPX Podcast) View on YouTubeListen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, traditionally called Michaelmas, was once one of the great landmarks of the year in Catholic Europe. We know Saint Michael from Scripture as the great defender of God's people, the archangel who battles the dragon in the Apocalypse. But September 29 developed a personality all its own, combining liturgy, pilgrimage, harvest customs, food, folklore, and even the way people organized the calendar. The feast's September date is traditionally connected with the dedication of a basilica of Saint Michael near Rome. By the Middle Ages, Michaelmas had become an important feast throughout Western Europe, and because it arrived just after the autumn equinox, it naturally became associated with the end of the harvest. In England and Ireland, Michaelmas goose became the traditional dinner. There's even an old belief that eating goose on Michaelmas would protect you from financial need during the coming year. Geese were fat after feeding on the harvested fields, so the tradition was practical as well as festive. Then there are the blackberries. An old British and Irish legend says that when Saint Michael cast Lucifer from heaven, the devil landed in a blackberry bush. Furious, he cursed the berries, and in some versions spat on them. So after Michaelmas, you weren't supposed to eat blackberries anymore. It's probably one of the stranger ways a theological battle ever became agricultural advice. Michaelmas also became a major legal and economic date. Rents were due. Accounts were settled. Servants were hired. Courts opened. Even today, British universities such as Oxford use the name Michaelmas Term for their autumn academic session. Across Europe, meanwhile, Saint Michael became associated with extraordinary mountaintop shrines. In Italy, pilgrims traveled to the ancient sanctuary of Monte Gargano, where tradition holds that Saint Michael appeared in the fifth century. In Normandy, the magnificent Mont-Saint-Michel rose from a tidal island. Across the Channel, England had its own Saint Michael's Mount in Cornwall. And strangely enough, several famous shrines dedicated to Saint Michael appear along a roughly northwest-to-southeast line across Europe and the Mediterranean. Modern popular devotion sometimes calls this the Sword of Saint Michael. The idea of a deliberately designed ancient straight line is modern rather than an old Church tradition, but the geography itself is fascinating. Michaelmas was also traditionally one of the quarter days in England, dates that divided the year into four sections for contracts, rents, and business. So September 29 wasn't merely something Catholics noticed at Mass. It helped organize ordinary life. That's perhaps the most interesting thing about Michaelmas. Medieval Catholics didn't keep feast days locked inside the church building. A feast could determine what you ate, when you harvested, when you paid your rent, when school began, and where you went on pilgrimage. September 29 meant autumn had arrived. And standing at the doorway of the darker half of the year was Saint Michael, sword in hand. Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic ...
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  • Oct 7 – Feast of the Holy Rosary

    Oct 7 – Feast of the Holy Rosary
    2026/10/07
    It's the Feast of Feast of the Holy Rosary, 2nd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Attitude of Those Invited to the Feast", today's news from the Church: "Ireland: Three Days in the Footsteps of St. Declan", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "The Attitude of Those Invited to the Feast" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Ireland: Three Days in the Footsteps of St. Declan" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/ireland-three-days-footsteps-st-declan-61379 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop The Feast of the Most Holy Rosary on October 7 is famously connected with the Christian victory at Lepanto in 1571, when Pope Saint Pius V asked Catholics throughout Europe to pray the Rosary for the Christian fleet. But that's only one chapter in a much larger story. For centuries, Catholics have turned to the Rosary during moments when things seemed almost hopeless. One of the strangest examples comes from nineteenth-century Italy and a man named Bartolo Longo. Longo had grown up Catholic but drifted badly during his university years. He became involved in occultism and eventually described himself as having been ordained a satanic priest. His life became increasingly miserable until friends helped bring him back to the Catholic faith. Even after his conversion, though, Longo was haunted by his past. Then one day, while walking near Pompeii, he remembered words a priest had told him: "If you seek salvation, spread the Rosary." So he did. Longo spent the rest of his life promoting the Rosary, building the great Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary at Pompeii, helping orphans and the children of prisoners, and turning a place associated with ancient paganism into one of the world's great Marian pilgrimage sites. The former occultist eventually became Blessed Bartolo Longo. Then there is Fatima. In 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children in Portugal and repeatedly asked them to pray the Rosary every day. At her final apparition on October 13, she identified herself as Our Lady of the Rosary. But perhaps one of the most remarkable modern Rosary stories comes from Hiroshima. When the atomic bomb exploded over the city in 1945, a small community of Jesuit priests was living only several blocks from the center of the blast. Their rectory was damaged, but the priests survived. One of them, Father Hubert Schiffer, later spoke publicly about their survival and said they believed they had been protected because they were living the message of Fatima and praying the Rosary daily. Their survival has sometimes accumulated exaggerated details in retellings, so we should be careful about turning it into a scientific proof of a miracle. But the priests themselves knew what they believed. They credited Our Lady. And that's really what makes the Rosary's history so fascinating. It appears in enormous historical events like Lepanto. It appears in apparitions like Fatima. It appears in the conversion of a former occultist at Pompeii. And it appears much more quietly beside hospital beds, in prison cells, around family tables, and in the hands of Catholics facing things they simply don't know how to fix. The Rosary doesn't promise that every battle ends the way we want. It gives us something to do when we've reached the point where there is nothing left to do except place the situation in God's hands. One bead. One Hail Mary. And then another. Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, refuge in every trial and Mother who always leads us to Christ, pray for us. Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of ...
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