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It's the Feast of St. Caietanus, 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Means of Acquiring Humility", today's news from the Church: "Cardinal Fernández Is Holding the Pen for Popes Francis and Leo XIV", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism—Episode 3: What Catholics Mean by Faith", 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 Means of Acquiring Humility" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
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• "Cardinal Fernández Is Holding the Pen for Popes Francis and Leo XIV" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/cardinal-fernandez-holding-pen-popes-francis-and-leo-xiv-60424
  
  
• The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism—Episode 3: What Catholics Mean by Faith" (SSPX Podcast)
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• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
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Saint Albert of Trapani was one of the earliest great saints of the Carmelite Order, and for centuries he was actually one of its most famous. Today, most Catholics probably know Saint Teresa of Ávila, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, or Saint John of the Cross much better. But in medieval Europe, Albert was one of the names most closely associated with Carmel.

He was born in Sicily during the thirteenth century, probably in the city of Trapani. According to tradition, his parents had struggled for years to have children and promised the Blessed Virgin that if God gave them a son, they would dedicate him to her service.

Albert became that child.

When he was still young, he entered the Carmelite Order. This was an interesting moment in Carmelite history. The order had begun among hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land, but political instability had forced many of them westward into Europe. Albert belonged to one of those early generations that helped transform Carmel from a small group of hermits into an international religious order.

He became especially famous as a preacher.

Albert traveled throughout Sicily, preaching in towns and villages and developing a reputation for holiness that followed him almost everywhere. People came not only to hear him preach, but to ask for his prayers, particularly during illness.