Daily Devotional: Jan 14 – S. Hilary of Poitiers
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, January 14, 2025, The Feast of St. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor, 3rd class, and white. In this episode: The meditation: “Importance of Salvation,” today’s news: “American Cardinal Supports Adoption by Same-Sex Couples,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
Sources Used Today:
- The Works of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Angelus Press)
- “Cardinal Cupich Supports Adoption by Same-Sex Couples” (FSSPX.news)
- The Spiritual Life- Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the traditional Catholic daily devotional. |
| 0:08.7 | Today is Tuesday, January 14th, 2025, the feast of St. Hillary, Bishop, confessor, doctor, third class, and white. |
| 0:15.8 | In this episode, the meditation, the importance of salvation. |
| 0:19.0 | Today's news, an American cardinal supports adoption |
| 0:21.5 | by same-sex couples, and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefev. But first the |
| 0:27.6 | collect of today's Mass. Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the example of thy saints |
| 0:33.5 | may stir us up to a better life, so that we may imitate the good deeds of those whose |
| 0:38.6 | festivals we celebrate. St. Hilary of Poitiers, a staunch defender of the divinity of Christ, |
| 0:45.0 | exemplified a life of scholarship, holiness, and controversy. Known for his gentleness and courtesy, |
| 0:51.9 | Hillary dedicated himself to writing profound theology on the Trinity, |
| 0:55.5 | earning him the title, The Athanasius of the West. Born into a pagan family, Hillary's |
| 1:01.2 | journey to faith began when he encountered the God of nature through the scriptures. His conversion |
| 1:06.3 | to Christianity was profound, and his life of virtue made him an obvious choice to become the |
| 1:11.7 | Bishop of Poitiers in France, although he accepted the role reluctantly. |
| 1:16.9 | Hillary's episcopacy coincided with the spread of Aryanism, the 4th century heresy |
| 1:21.9 | that denied the divinity of Christ. |
| 1:24.6 | This false doctrine gained significant traction, even being embraced by Emperor |
| 1:29.0 | Constantius II. Hillary said vastly opposed this heresy, refusing to condemn St. Athanasius, |
| 1:35.5 | the Eastern Church's great defender of Orthodoxy. For his defiance, he was exiled to Phrygia, |
| 1:41.8 | in modern-day Turkey. During his exile, Hillary used his time to write and strengthen the church. |
| 1:48.4 | Invited by semi-Aryans to a council aimed at countering the teachings of the Council of Nicaea, |
| 1:53.7 | he seized the opportunity to defend the faith. |
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