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It's the Feast of Ember Wed in September, 2nd Class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: the meditation: "Intimacy with God", today's news from the Church: "The Interior Renewal Effected by the Spiritual Exercises", 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:

• "Intimacy with God" — From the Assumption to Advent
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  
• "The Interior Renewal Effected by the Spiritual Exercises" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://fsspx.asia/en/news/interior-renewal-effected-spiritual-exercises-60355
  
  
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
  
  

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Saint Adomnán of Iona is one of those saints who becomes more interesting the more you dig into him. He was a monk and abbot, but also a historian, biographer, diplomat, traveler, and the driving force behind one of medieval Europe's earliest attempts to protect civilians during warfare.

He was born in Ireland around 624 and eventually entered the great monastery of Iona, the island community off the coast of Scotland founded by Columba.

About a century after Columba's birth, Adomnán became Iona's ninth abbot.

And fortunately for us, he liked to write.

His Life of Saint Columba is one of the most valuable works surviving from early medieval Britain and Ireland. Adomnán collected stories from older monks who had known people close to Columba himself. He recorded miracles, voyages, conversations, kings, monasteries, and little details of daily life that otherwise would have disappeared completely.

So a surprising amount of what we know about Saint Columba comes from Adomnán.

He also wrote a fascinating book about the Holy Land.

Adomnán had never been there.

Instead, a Frankish bishop named Arculf was apparently shipwrecked near Britain after making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He eventually reached Iona and described everything he had seen. Adomnán carefully interviewed him and turned those conversations into On the Holy Places, complete with descriptions of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and other biblical sites.