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It's a Feria, 4th Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "The Thoughts of the Heart of Jesus", today's news from the Church: "Defending the Liturgical Reform Despite a Crisis", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Audioboook Ch. 15 - Charter of Resistance", 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 Thoughts of the Heart of Jesus" — From the Assumption to Advent
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  
• "Defending the Liturgical Reform Despite a Crisis" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.news/en/news/defending-liturgical-reform-despite-crisis-stemming-novus-ordo-60728
  
  
• The SSPX Podcast: "Audioboook Ch. 15 - Charter of Resistance" (SSPX Podcast)
  • View on YouTube
  • Listen & Subscribe on SSPXpodcast.com
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Anna the Prophetess appears in only a few verses of Saint Luke's Gospel, but those few verses describe a woman who had spent almost her entire adult life waiting for one particular moment.

She lived in Jerusalem and belonged to the tribe of Asher, one of the ancient tribes of Israel. Luke even preserves the name of her father, Phanuel, which is remarkable considering how little Scripture tells us about her.

Anna had been married as a young woman, but her husband died after only seven years.

And then she did something unusual.

Rather than remarry, Anna devoted the rest of her life to God. By the time we meet her in the Gospel, she is an elderly widow, traditionally understood to be eighty-four years old. Saint Luke tells us that she "departed not from the temple," serving God night and day with fasting and prayer.

Think about how many ordinary days that represents.

She watched generations of families enter the Temple.

She saw priests come and go.

She watched children grow into adults and bring children of their own.

And she kept praying.