Daily Devotional: Jan 30 – S. Martina
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🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Today is Thursday, January 30, 2025, The Feast of St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, a 3rd class feast, with the color of red. In this episode: The meditation: “A Method of Hearing Holy Mass IV,” a preview of the Sermon: “The Enemy of the Hour,” today’s news from the Church: “Is Pope Francis a Woke Pope?,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
Sources Used Today:
- The Works of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Angelus Press)
- “A “Woke” Pope?” (FSSPX.news)
- “The Enemy of the Hour” (SSPX Sermons)
- The Spiritual Life- Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the traditional Catholic daily devotional. |
| 0:07.1 | Today is Thursday, January 30th, 2025, the Feast of St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, |
| 0:12.4 | a third-class feast with the color of red. |
| 0:14.4 | In this episode, The Meditation, A Method of Hearing Mass, Part 4, a preview of today's sermon, |
| 0:19.3 | The Enemy of the Hour. |
| 0:20.7 | Today's news from the church about Pope Francis, and today's thought for Marchbishop |
| 0:24.3 | Marcel O'Fev. |
| 0:26.9 | But first the collect of today's Mass. |
| 0:29.8 | O God, who among the other marvels of thy power, has granted to the fairer sex the victory |
| 0:34.6 | of martyrdom, mercifully grant that we who celebrate |
| 0:37.7 | the heavenly birthday of Blessed Martina, |
| 0:39.4 | thy virgin and martyr, may by her example |
| 0:42.2 | draw nearer to thee. |
| 0:45.4 | Today's commemoration is that of Saint Martina, |
| 0:48.0 | a fearless Roman martyr from the third century. |
| 0:50.9 | Born into nobility, she could have lived a life of luxury, but instead she boldly |
| 0:55.7 | proclaimed her Christian faith at a time when that could get you killed. And sure enough, |
| 1:00.6 | it did. During the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus, Martina was arrested and ordered |
| 1:06.4 | to worship the Roman gods. She flat out refused. No fear, no hesitation, just an unwavering commitment to |
| 1:14.2 | Christ. The authorities tried everything. Torture, threats, but Martina wouldn't break. In the end, |
| 1:20.9 | they beheaded her, thinking that they had silenced her for good, but here's the thing about martyrs. |
| 1:26.1 | Their courage echoes through history. |
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