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It's the Feast of Vigil of Pentecost, 1st Class, with the color of Red. In this episode: the meditation: "The Holy Ghost: Source of Simplicity", today's news from the Church: "What Fr. Pagliarani Told the Members of the Society of Saint Pius X", 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 Holy Ghost: Source of Simplicity" — Eastertide Day by Day
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/eastertide-day-by-day
  
  
• "What Fr. Pagliarani Told the Members of the Society of Saint Pius X" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://sspx.org/en/news/episcopal-consecrations-what-fr-pagliarani-told-members-society-saint-pius-x-59244
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saint William of Perth, also known as William of Rochester, was a humble layman whose life combined ordinary work with extraordinary charity. He lived during the twelfth century and was born in Perth, Scotland. Though little is known with certainty about his early life, tradition remembers him as a baker by trade, a simple working man who sought to live his faith through honesty, generosity, and care for others.

William became especially known for his kindness to the poor and for his concern for abandoned children. According to tradition, he adopted and raised a neglected boy, hoping to provide him with both material care and Christian formation. This quiet act of charity would shape the final chapter of his life.

Desiring to make a pilgrimage, William set out for the Holy Land with the boy accompanying him. Their journey brought them through England, and while traveling near Rochester, tragedy struck. The boy, tempted by greed or resentment, murdered William and robbed him, leaving his body hidden in a wooded area.

Yet according to tradition, God revealed the crime through miraculous signs. William’s body was discovered, and reports of miracles soon spread among the local people. He quickly became venerated as a martyr, not because he died defending the faith directly, but because his death came while engaged in an act of Christian charity and pilgrimage.

The Church remembers Saint William of Perth as a model of humble goodness and sacrificial care for others. His life reflects the holiness possible in ordinary labor and the importance of charity toward the vulnerable.

Devotion to him became especially strong in Rochester Cathedral, where his relics were enshrined and where pilgrim