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Hey there, sprouts, today is Friday, May 2, 2025.

Today is also the feast day of St. Athanasius.

St. Athanasius lived in the 300th, and it was a pretty difficult time to be alive. Although the Christian persecution had

largely ended, the church was struggling to define clearly what we believe as Christians.

And St. Athanasius was on the front lines fighting a terrible heresy called the Aryan heresy. The Aryan heresy denied that Jesus

Christ is fully God, that the whole idea of the Trinity, that God is one, all persons of the

Trinity are equal. They put Jesus below God the Father. And although that

might sound very technical, it has all sorts of ramifications, and it is a very dangerous heresy.

So although many bishops and emperors had embraced this terrible heresy, Athanasius fought against it, even though it

meant it endangered his life, he was oftentimes exiled. But he devoted his life to preaching the

truth, and he was part of the group of people that wrote the Nicene Creed, which is something we

recite every Sunday at Mass and clearly states

that Jesus Christ is one with the Father. So we have St. Athanasius and other brave saints

from this era in history for sticking to the truth and passing that truth down to us today.

Now, this week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we have been talking about X is for Christ from

the Greek language and other important symbols for Jesus. We have talked about the Cairo,

the Alpha and the Omega, the fish, the lamb, the sacred heart, the Floridolese, and today we're going to talk about the cross, the most important symbol.

But before we get there, please join us in our May prayer, the Memerare, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to thy protection implored thy help help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.

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