Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional.

Today's Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, the Feast of St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop and Confessor,

a third-class feast for the color of white.

In this episode, The Meditation, the Salvation of the Leper, a preview of the sermon,

calming the tempest in our soul.

Today's news from the church, Cardinal calls on police to stop faithful

from praying the rosary, and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefev. But first, the

collect of today's Mass. O God, who establishes ever new examples of virtue in thy church,

grant that thy people may follow the footsteps of Blessed Andrew, thy confessor and bishop,

so that they may also obtain his reward.

Today we're talking about St. Andrew Korsini, a man who started as just another Carmelite

friar, but ended up as one of the most respected bishops of his time. Born in Florence in

1301, Andrew was one of 12 kids in a well-off, devout family.

At 15, he joined the Carmelites, and for years he quietly worked his way up through the ranks,

nothing too dramatic, until he was 47 years old, when the Black Death hit. That same year,

he was made provincial of the Tuscan Carmelites, putting him right in the

middle of a crisis. Then two years later, the Bishop of Fiasole died of the plague, and Andrew was chosen

to replace him. That's when the real transformation happened. Instead of living in Florence, like his

predecessors, Andrew moved into Fiasole and turned the bishop's residence into a mini-carmelite community.

He ditched fancy bishop's robes, sticking to his simple habit, and focused on what truly

mattered. He took care of the poor, made sure church donations actually went where they were supposed

to, held clergy to high standards, restored churches, and perhaps most impressively, became a

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