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It's a Feria, 4th Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "The Precious Blood Today", today's news from the Church: "Michael Davies and the 1988 Consecrations", a preview of the Sermon: "Do Not Be Afraid", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org

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• "The Precious Blood Today" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
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• "Michael Davies and the 1988 Consecrations" (FSSPX.news)
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• "Do Not Be Afraid" (SSPX Sermons)
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• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
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Saint John of Cologne and the Martyrs of Gorkum remind us that some of the greatest witnesses to the faith were not famous theologians or powerful bishops, but ordinary priests and religious who simply refused to deny what they knew to be true.

Their story unfolds in the Netherlands during the turbulent years of the Protestant Reformation. In 1572, anti-Catholic violence swept through parts of the country as political rebellion and religious conflict became deeply intertwined. The small town of Gorkum found itself caught in the middle.

When rebel forces known as the Water Beggars captured the town, they arrested the local Catholic clergy. Among them was John of Cologne, a Dominican friar originally from Germany. He was known as a gifted preacher and theologian, but once he became a prisoner, all of that faded into the background. He stood beside parish priests, Franciscans, Augustinians, and other religious. Some were elderly. Some were sick. A few had already been tortured.

In all, there were nineteen of them.

The captors repeatedly offered them their freedom on one condition: deny the Catholic teaching on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and reject the authority of the Pope.

It would have been easy to justify giving in.

After all, they could have reasoned that they might accomplish more alive than dead.

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