Sep 3 – S Pius X

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It's the Feast of St Pius X, 1st Class (SSPX), with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: "The Meaning of Our Trials", today's news from the Church: "Ceuta in Turmoil: Can Christian Charity Ignore the Common Good?", a preview of the Sermon: "St. Pius X and His Example for Us", 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 Meaning of Our Trials" — From the Assumption to Adventhttps://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "Ceuta in Turmoil: Can Christian Charity Ignore the Common Good?" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/ceuta-turmoil-can-christian-charity-ignore-common-good-60746 "St. Pius X and His Example for Us" (SSPX Sermons) SSPX YouTube: Sermons PlaylistListen & Subscribe: SSPX Sermons Podcast 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 Pius X became pope in 1903, but he never really stopped thinking like the village priest he had once been. He was born Giuseppe Sarto in 1835 in Riese, a small town in northern Italy. His family was poor. His father worked as a postal carrier, and Giuseppe sometimes walked miles to school, reportedly carrying his shoes to keep from wearing them out and putting them on when he reached town. From parish priest to bishop, cardinal, and eventually pope, he kept moving upward through the Church almost despite himself. When he was elected pope, he reportedly protested that he was unworthy and begged the cardinals to choose someone else. They didn't. Pius chose as his motto: "To restore all things in Christ." And he got to work. One of his most important reforms affected something Catholics today barely think twice about: frequent Holy Communion. In many places, even devout Cath