Aug 23 – XIII Sun of Pentecost / S Eugene of Ardstraw

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It's the Feast of XIII Sun after Pentecost, 2nd Class, with the color of Green. In this episode: the meditation: "Our Native Misery", today's news from the Church: "Archbishop Lefebvre's Apostolic Journey - Part 4", 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: "Our Native Misery" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumptionhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Archbishop Lefebvre's Apostolic Journey - Part 4" (FSSPX.news) https://sspx.org/en/news/archbishop-lefebvres-apostolic-journey-part-4-60606 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook: Learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2oDonate:https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Eugene of Ardstraw is one of those early Irish saints whose biography has almost disappeared, but whose name somehow survived for fifteen centuries. His original Irish name was Eoghan, which eventually gave us forms like Owen and Eugene. He lived sometime around the sixth century, during that remarkable period when Ireland was becoming filled with monasteries, schools, and missionary communities. According to tradition, Eugene's childhood took a dramatic turn when he was captured by raiders and carried across the Irish Sea to Britain. Eventually, he escaped. But something important had happened during those years away. Eugene had encountered monastic Christianity and received an education among religious communities. So when he returned to Ireland, he came back prepared to take part in the enormous missionary movement then transforming the island. Later traditions connect him with several famous centers of early Christianity, including the community associated with Saint Ninian in Britain and, back in Ireland, with Kevin of Glendalough. With saints from this period, it's difficult to separate