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It’s the Ember Sat of Lent, 2nd Class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: the meditation: “On The Road To Glory”, today’s news from the Church: “Professor from the Diocese of Majorca on the Consecrations – “Neither Schism nor Sin””, and today’s thought from the Archbishop.

Sources Used Today:

• “On The Road To Glory” – Toward Easter
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/toward-easter
  
  
• “Professor from the Diocese of Majorca on the Consecrations – “Neither Schism nor Sin”” (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/professor-diocese-majorca-consecrations-neither-schism-nor-sin-57412
  
  
• The Spiritual Life – Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

Saint Oswald of Worcester was a bishop whose leadership combined monastic reform with pastoral tenderness, helping to renew the English Church in a time of transition. Born around 925 into a noble Anglo Danish family, Oswald grew up in a culture still shaped by Viking influence and political instability. He was educated in monastic settings in England and later at Fleury in France, where he encountered the disciplined Benedictine reforms that were reshaping religious life on the Continent. That experience marked him deeply. He became convinced that England needed a renewal rooted not in novelty, but in deeper fidelity to prayer, community, and the Rule of Saint Benedict.

Ordained a priest and later appointed Bishop of Worcester around 961, Oswald began carefully introducing monastic reform into his diocese. His approach was measured and patient. Rather than forcing immediate change, he encouraged clergy to adopt common life, prayer, and discipline gradually. He founded new monasteries and strengthened existing ones, most notably at Ramsey, which became a center of learning and spiritual vitality. Oswald believed that monastic life was not isolated from the Church’s mission, but essential to it. Monks, formed in prayer and obedience, would become stable teachers and shepherds.

Oswald’s reputation for holiness grew steadily. He was known for humility, personal austerity, and generosity to the poor. Unlike some reformers who alienated opponents through severity, Oswald was remembered for gentleness. He navigated tensions between secular clergy and monks with tact, seeking unity rather than humiliation. His reforms were not merely institutional. They aimed to renew hearts. Even as bishop, he lived simply, maintaining monastic habits and prayer.

In 972, Oswald was also appointed Archbishop of Y