Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional.

Today's Thursday, March 27th, 2025, the Thursday of the third week of Lent, with a commemoration of St. John Damascene, third class with the color of violet.

In this episode, the meditation, 40 steps to Easter.

A preview of the sermon, second chance graces.

Today's news from the Church,

Catholicism's modest presence in Greenland,

and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefev.

But first, the call act of today's Mass.

Almighty, eternal God,

who, to defend the honor paid the sacred images,

filled Blessed John with the heavenly learning and wondrous strength of soul,

grant that by his intercession and example, we may imitate the virtues of those whose images

we honor and may enjoy the help of their patronage. So let's today talk about a man who spent

most of his life tucked away in a monastery and still managed to become one of the

great voices of the early church. That's St. John Damascene, or St. John of Damascus. He was born

in Damascus under Muslim rule and actually worked in the Arab government following his father's

footsteps. But a few years later, he gave it all up and joined the monastery of St. Sabas near

Jerusalem, where he would spend the rest of St. Sabas near Jerusalem,

where he would spend the rest of his life in prayer, study, and writing.

Now, John is known for three big contributions.

First, his bold defense of sacred images during the iconoclast controversy.

While the Christian emperor in Constantinople band icons, John, safely in Muslim

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