Nov 15 – VI Sunday after Epiphany / S Albert the Great

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It's the VI Sunday after Epiphany, 2nd Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: today in Church History: "Brazil's Catholic Monarchy Falls to Military Coup (1889)", the meditation: "The Mustard Seed", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? [email protected] Sources Used Today: "The Mustard Seed" — From Epiphany to Lenthttps://angeluspress.org/products/epiphany-to-lent Spiritual Journey — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-journey Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> Can an ostrich eat iron? Medieval books said it could. A Dominican friar named Albert wanted to know whether the books were right, so he offered pieces of iron to several ostriches. They ate stones and fragments of bone. They left the iron alone. That friar was Saint Albert the Great, whom we remember today, November fifteenth. His feast falls on this date in the traditional Roman calendar, though this year the Sunday Mass takes precedence. Why was a friar feeding things to ostriches in the first place? Albert was writing a book about animals, and he had inherited a great deal of learning that needed sorting out. The works of Aristotle were becoming more widely available in Latin, and Albert wanted his students to have access to what the ancient philosopher had learned about the natural world. That meant explaining his ideas, adding to them, and sometimes correcting them. When it came to the ostrich, Albert could actually put the claim to the test. That seems like a small thing until you consider how easy it would have been to copy the story and move on. Albert went to the trouble of trying it several times. And what he put in his book was quite specific. He could tell his readers what the birds had eaten, what they’d refused, and what he’d been unable to confirm. One of the students who saw Albert at work was Saint Thomas Aquinas. Thomas studied under him in Paris and followed him to Cologne, where Albert established a Dominican house of studies. Years later, after Thomas died and his teaching came under suspicion, Albert helped defend the work of his former pupil. Albert’s own interests ranged from plants and minerals to the Eucharist. As a theologian, he wrote about how Christ gives Himself to us in Holy Communion and draws us into His own life. As a student of nature, he wanted to understand how the things God made actually worked. He gave both kinds of study the attention they deserved. In 1941, Pope Pius the Twelfth named Albert patron of those who study the natural sciences. I like to think of his students when I hear that. They had a teacher who could open up a difficult book for them and who was also willing to go outside and see what the book had gotten right. Saint Albert the Great, pray for us. - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional- it's a perfect companion!Subscribe to this Podcastto receive this and all our audio episodesSubscribe to the SSPX YouTube channelfor video versions of our podcast series and SermonsFSSPX News Website:https://fsspx.newsVisit the US District website:https://sspx.org/ What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition. What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of Catholic doctrine and morals as the Church has always defended them. What people need is the Catholic Faith, without compromise, with all the truth and beauty which accompanies it. https://sspx.org

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