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It's the Feast of St. Dominic, 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Nature of Humility", today's news from the Church: "To Each Their Own Backpack", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography—Chapters 10 & 11", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
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Sources Used Today:
• "The Humility of the Publican" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
• angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
• "The Slipyj case and episcopal consecrations without apostolic mandate" (FSSPX.news)
• https://fsspx.news/
• "How to Profit from Everything" (SSPX Sermons)
• SSPX YouTube: Sermons Playlist (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonegYXBrLbQh2Cjr0SU5x7WGNyMO25cw)
• Listen & Subscribe: SSPX Sermons Podcast (sspxpodcast.com/sermons)
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
• angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook!
• Learn more:youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2o
• Donate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook
Saint Dominic is often remembered as the founder of the Dominican Order, but if you had asked him to describe himself, he probably would have answered much more simply.
He was a preacher.
Born in 1170 in Caleruega, Spain, Dominic grew up in a deeply Catholic family. As a young man, he studied theology and became a canon of the cathedral at Osma. He loved learning, but he never viewed study as an end in itself. For Dominic, the purpose of knowing the truth was to share it with others.
One story from his youth says a great deal about the man he would become. During a severe famine, books were among his most valuable possessions. In the Middle Ages, a library represented years of work and enormous expense. Yet Dominic sold his books to feed the hungry, reportedly saying, "I could not bear to prize dead skins while living souls were starving."
That balance never left him.
He loved books.
He loved study.
But he loved people even more.
Everything changed during a journey through southern France. There, Dominic encountered the Albigensian heresy, which had drawn many people away from the Catholic faith. He noticed something important. Many Catholic preachers traveled with large entourages and impressive displays of wealth, while the heretical teachers lived simply among the people.
Dominic realized that if the Church hoped to win hearts, it needed preachers whose lives matched their message.
So he began walking from town to town on foot.
He preached in marketplaces, in homes, and wherever people would listen. He debated patiently, answered questions, and spent long hours speaking with those who had left the Church. His goal was never to win an argument. It was to win a soul.
Out of that mission grew the Order of Preachers, known today as the Dominicans. Dominic wanted his friars to be men of prayer, study, and preaching, believing that good preaching begins on one's knees and is strengthened in the library before it is proclaimed from the pulpit.
One of the oldest traditions connected with Saint Dominic is his deep love for the Rosary. Although historians continue to discuss exactly how the devotion developed, for centuries Catholics have associated Dominic with spreading the Rosary as a powerful way of meditating on the life of Christ through the eyes of His Blessed Mother. Whether preaching in a village square or praying quietly in a chapel, Dominic understood that truth and prayer always belonged together.
Today, pilgrims can visit the Basilica of Saint Dominic, where his tomb has drawn visitors for more than eight hundred years. Many of the Church's greatest theologians, including Saint Thomas Aquinas, walked in Dominic's footsteps, carrying forward the mission he began.
Saint Dominic reminds us that the truth is never something to keep to ourselves. It is a gift meant to be shared with charity, humility, and joy.
Saint Dominic, preacher of the Gospel and father of the Order of Preachers, pray for us.
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It's the Feast of St. Dominic, 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Nature of Humility", today's news from the Church: "To Each Their Own Backpack", a preview of this week's episode of The SSPX Podcast: "Marcel Lefebvre: The Biography—Chapters 10 & 11", 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 Humility of the Publican" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption
• angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption
• "The Slipyj case and episcopal consecrations without apostolic mandate" (FSSPX.news)
• https://fsspx.news/
• "How to Profit from Everything" (SSPX Sermons)
• SSPX YouTube: Sermons Playlist (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLonegYXBrLbQh2Cjr0SU5x7WGNyMO25cw)
• Listen & Subscribe: SSPX Sermons Podcast (sspxpodcast.com/sermons)
• The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
• angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook!
• Learn more:youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2o
• Donate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook
Saint Dominic is often remembered as the founder of the Dominican Order, but if you had asked him to describe himself, he probably would have answered much more simply.
He was a preacher.
Born in 1170 in Caleruega, Spain, Dominic grew up in a deeply Catholic family. As a young man, he studied theology and became a canon of the cathedral at Osma. He loved learning, but he never viewed study as an end in itself. For Dominic, the purpose of knowing the truth was to share it with others.
One story from his youth says a great deal about the man he would become. During a severe famine, books were among his most valuable possessions. In the Middle Ages, a library represented years of work and enormous expense. Yet Dominic sold his books to feed the hungry, reportedly saying, "I could not bear to prize dead skins while living souls were starving."
That balance never left him.
He loved books.
He loved study.
But he loved people even more.
Everything changed during a journey through southern France. There, Dominic encountered the Albigensian heresy, which had drawn many people away from the Catholic faith. He noticed something important. Many Catholic preachers traveled with large entourages and impressive displays of wealth, while the heretical teachers lived simply among the people.
Dominic realized that if the Church hoped to win hearts, it needed preachers whose lives matched their message.
So he began walking from town to town on foot.
He preached in marketplaces, in homes, and wherever people would listen. He debated patiently, answered questions, and spent long hours speaking with those who had left the Church. His goal was never to win an argument. It was to win a soul.
Out of that mission grew the Order of Preachers, known today as the Dominicans. Dominic wanted his friars to be men of prayer, study, and preaching, believing that good preaching begins on one's knees and is strengthened in the library before it is proclaimed from the pulpit.
One of the oldest traditions connected with Saint Dominic is his deep love for the Rosary. Although historians continue to discuss exactly how the devotion developed, for centuries Catholics have associated Dominic with spreading the Rosary as a powerful way of meditating on the life of Christ through the eyes of His Blessed Mother. Whether preaching in a village square or praying quietly in a chapel, Dominic understood that truth and prayer always belonged together.
Today, pilgrims can visit the Basilica of Saint Dominic, where his tomb has drawn visitors for more than eight hundred years. Many of the Church's greatest theologians, including Saint Thomas Aquinas, walked in Dominic's footsteps, carrying forward the mission he began.
Saint Dominic reminds us that the truth is never something to keep to ourselves. It is a gift meant to be shared with charity, humility, and joy.
Saint Dominic, preacher of the Gospel and father of the Order of Preachers, pray for us.
Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation ＞＞ (https://sspx.gifts/collections/frontpage/products/sspx-podcast)
- - - - - -
Explore more:
• Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional (us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=c98bae64255bbd7d863e838ec&id=7e99fe6b53) - it's a perfect companion!
• Subscribe to this Podcast (https://sspx-podcast.captivate.fm/listen) to receive this and all our audio episodes
• Subscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel (youtube.com/c/SSPXNewsEnglish?sub_confirmation=1) for video versions...
