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It's the Feast of V Sunday of Pentecost, 2nd Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "Pharisaism", today's news from the Church: "Declaration of Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the SSPX Consecrations", 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:

• "Pharisaism" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  
• "Declaration of Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the SSPX Consecrations" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/declaration-bishop-athanasius-schneider-sspx-consecrations-59493
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saint Vincenza Gerosa never expected to found a religious congregation or become known throughout the Church. By all appearances, she was simply a generous woman caring for the needs of her hometown. Yet God often builds great works from ordinary acts of charity faithfully repeated.

She was born in 1784 in Lovere, a small town on the shores of Lake Iseo in northern Italy. Raised in a devout Catholic family, Vincenza grew up with a practical faith. She was known for her kindness, her good judgment, and her willingness to help anyone in need. After the death of her father, she took on responsibility for the family's business, proving herself capable in both financial matters and caring for others.

Everything changed when she met Bartolomea Capitanio.

The two women could hardly have been more different. Bartolomea was energetic, visionary, and overflowing with ideas. Vincenza was quieter, steady, and practical. One dreamed big; the other knew how to turn those dreams into reality.

Together, they made a remarkable team.

The women of Lovere were surrounded by poverty, sickness, and children with little opportunity for education. Rather than waiting for someone else to solve those problems, Bartolomea and Vincenza opened a small house where they cared for the sick, taught girls, visited the poor, and shared the Catholic faith. What began as a simple local work gradually attracted other women who wanted to live the same life of service.

Then, only a few months after the community was founded, tragedy struck. Bartolomea died at just twenty-six years old.