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It's a Feria, 4th Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "The Acts of Prudence", today's news from the Church: "Abstract Obedience and Concrete Obedience", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "The Catechism - Episode 1: What is a Catechism?", 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 Acts of Prudence" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
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• "Abstract Obedience and Concrete Obedience" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/abstract-obedience-and-concrete-obedience-60047
  
  
• The SSPX Podcast: "The Catechism - Episode 1: What is a Catechism?" (SSPX Podcast)
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  • Listen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saints Boris and Gleb were brothers, princes, and among the first saints to emerge from the newly Christianized lands of Kievan Rus’. But they are not remembered because they won a great battle or ruled a powerful kingdom.

They are remembered because they refused to begin a civil war.

Their father was Saint Vladimir, the ruler whose baptism helped bring Christianity to the people of Rus’. When Vladimir died in 1015, the usual struggle over succession began almost immediately. His sons governed different territories, each surrounded by soldiers, advisers, and men with their own ambitions.

Boris was returning from a military campaign when news reached him that his father was dead and his older brother Sviatopolk had taken control of Kiev. Boris’s soldiers urged him to act quickly. He had an army. He had popular support. He may even have had a strong claim to the throne.

This was the moment when medieval princes normally reached for their swords.

Boris refused.

He would not raise his hand against his brother or plunge the country into bloodshed for the sake of power. Knowing that assassins had probably been sent against him, he spent his final night praying. He was attacked the following morning and killed.

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