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It's the Feast of Sts Philip and James, 2nd Class, with the color of Red. In this episode: the meditation: "Mass: The Ultimate Prayer", today's news from the Church: "The Case of the Notre-Dame Stained-glass Windows Goes to Court", a preview of the Sermon: "Moderating Our Speech", 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:

• "Mass: The Ultimate Prayer" — Eastertide Day by Day
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• "The Case of the Notre-Dame Stained-glass Windows Goes to Court" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/notre-dame-case-stained-glass-windows-goes-court-58925
  
  
• "Moderating Our Speech" (SSPX Sermons)
  • SSPX YouTube: Sermons Playlist
  • Listen & Subscribe: SSPX Sermons Podcast
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saints Philip and James are honored together by the Church today, two Apostles whose lives reveal different aspects of faithful discipleship in the earliest days of Christianity. Though often grouped together in the liturgy, each played a distinct role in the spreading of the Gospel and the foundation of the Church.

Saint Philip was among the first disciples called personally by Christ. The Gospel of Saint John presents him as eager and direct, immediately bringing others to Jesus, including Nathanael. Philip appears several times in the Gospel narrative asking questions that reveal both sincerity and spiritual hunger. At the Last Supper, it was Philip who said, “Lord, show us the Father,” prompting Christ’s profound response: “He that seeth Me seeth the Father also.” Through these moments, the Church sees Philip as a disciple gradually drawn into deeper understanding of the mystery of Christ.

After Pentecost, tradition holds that Philip preached the Gospel in regions of Asia Minor, enduring hardship and persecution before eventually giving his life for the faith. He is remembered as a missionary apostle, one who brought others to Christ both through his words and his witness.

Saint James honored on this feast is James the Less, often identified as the son of Alphaeus and associated with leadership in the Church of Jerusalem. He became one of the most respected figures in the early Christian community, known for wisdom, prayer, and strict devotion to the law of God fulfilled in Christ. Early Christian writers describe him as deeply ascetical, a man of prayer who spent long hours in the Temple interceding for the people.