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It's the Feast of III Sun after Pentecost / Ex. Solemn. of Sacred Heart, 2nd Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "Love That Watches Over", today's news from the Church: "Men and Women: What Should They Wear to Church?", 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:

• "Love That Watches Over" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption

• • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  

• "Men and Women: What Should They Wear to Church?" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/and-women-what-should-they-wear-church-59557
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saint Basil the Great is one of those saints who changed the course of Church history, even though that probably wasn't what he set out to do.

He was born around the year 330 in Cappadocia, in what is now Turkey, into a remarkable Christian family. In fact, if sainthood ran in families, the family of Basil would be hard to beat. His grandmother is a saint. His sister, Macrina the Younger, is a saint. His brother, Gregory of Nyssa, is a saint. Another brother became a bishop. The faith wasn't just something they practiced. It shaped the entire household.

Basil was also exceptionally intelligent. He received the best education available in the Roman Empire, studying in Constantinople and later in Athens. There he became friends with another future saint, Gregory of Nazianzus. Together, they were among the brightest young minds of their generation.

And honestly, Basil had everything lined up for success.

He could have become famous. He could have built a distinguished academic career. He could have spent his life surrounded by influential people discussing philosophy and rhetoric.

Instead, he started asking a question that has bothered thoughtful people in every age:

"Is this really what life is about?"

The more he achieved, the more he felt drawn toward something deeper. So he did something that surprised almost everyone. He walked away from the path that promised prestige and comfort and went looking for holy men living in the deserts and monasteries of the East.