Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional for Sunday, May 11th, 2025.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, and godmothers.

It's the third Sunday after Easter, second class with the color of white.

In this episode, the meditation, your joy no man shall take from you.

Today's news from the church,

the conclave, a remarkable history, and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefev.

But first the collect of today's Mass. Almighty God, who show us to them that be in the

error of the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness,

grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may

eschew those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are

agreeable to the same.

If you've ever participated in a rogation procession, the kind where a priest leads a parish

through fields or streets, asking God to bless the land and protect it from disaster, you can thank

today's patron saint, Saint Mimeritus, Bishop of Vienne in 5th century Gaul. We don't know exactly

where Mimertus was born, but he was likely from a well-off

Gallic family near Lyon. His brother, Claudianus, was a well-educated theologian, and it seems

the two were close. When Mimeritus became bishop around 462, he brought his brother out of monastic

life and ordained him a priest. Together, they were a formidable pair,

scholars and pastors during a time when the church was trying to hold things together after the

fall of the Roman Empire. Mimeritus got into a bit of hot water with the Holy Father. He had

overstepped his authority by consecrating a bishop for a neighboring diocese without permission,

and Pope Hillary wasn't pleased.

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