Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional.

Today's Sunday, February 23, 2025, Sex Jasmus Sunday, a second-class feast with the color of violet.

In this episode, the meditation, our eyes are holding.

Today's news from the church, Pakistan, the business of blasphemy,

and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefevre.

But first, the collect of today's Mass.

O God, you who see that we put no trust in anything we do,

mercifully grant that by the protection of the doctor of the Gentiles,

we may be defended against all adversity.

It is Sexo Gaisimus Sunday, but it's also the Feast of St. Peter Damien,

a man who knew hardship from the start.

Orphoned young, mistreated by a brother,

he had every reason to be bitter in life,

but instead he became deeply compassionate, always making room for the poor at his table,

personally tending to their needs. His life took a turn when another brother, a priest,

saw his potential and sent him to school. Peter excelled there, eventually

becoming a professor. But the comforts of academia weren't enough. His heart was set on just one thing,

prayer. He left everything to join the strict Benedictine hermits of Fante Abelana, embracing a life

of solitude, fasting, and sleepless nights

in prayer. Eventually, his leadership was undeniable, and he became abbot, founding new hermitages

and guiding his brothers in deep devotion. Peter, all he wanted was a quiet life, but Rome and God had other plans.

Called upon time and again to settle disputes, to reform the clergy, and to root out corruption,

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