Episode Details

It's the Feast of Ember Fri of Sept, 2nd Class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: the meditation: "Holiness and Charity", today's news from the Church: "The French District of the SSPX Calls for Prayers for the Pope", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism: What Does "He Descended Into Hell" Mean?", 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:

• "Holiness and Charity" — From the Assumption to Advent
  • https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
  
  
• "The French District of the SSPX Calls for Prayers for the Pope" (FSSPX.news)
  • https://sspx.org/en/news/visit-leo-xiv-french-district-sspx-calls-prayers-pope-61267
  
  
• The SSPX Podcast: "The Roman Catechism: What Does "He Descended Into Hell" Mean?" (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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Saint Vincent Strambi is one of those saints whose story becomes especially interesting near the end, when an elderly bishop apparently offered his own life for the pope.

He was born in 1745 in Civitavecchia, the port city outside Rome. His father hoped he would marry and continue the family business.

Vincent had other plans.

He wanted to become a priest, although by his own admission he wasn't naturally very pious as a boy. After ordination, he became increasingly drawn to preaching and eventually met Paul of the Cross.

Vincent joined the Passionists.

It was a perfect fit.

The congregation centered its spirituality on the Passion of Christ, and Vincent became an extraordinary missionary preacher. He traveled throughout Italy giving missions that could last for days or weeks. His preaching was direct, emotional, and practical, and crowds came in enormous numbers.

He also became one of Saint Paul of the Cross's closest companions and eventually wrote his biography, giving us much of what we know about the Passionist founder today.

Then Vincent was made Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino.<