Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional for Friday, May 16th, 2025.

It's the Feast of St. Eubald, third class with a color of white.

In this episode, the meditation, there is resurrection everywhere.

Today's news from the church, facing the world's media, Leo XIV's new style,

and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. But first the collect of today's Mass.

Mercifully give us thy help, we beseech thee, O Lord, and by the intercession of

Balthus, thy confessor and bishop, stretch over us the right hand

of thy mercy against all wickedness of the devil. Like many medieval saints, Ubaldo

Baldacini of Gubio, Italy, came from a noble family. People may wonder why so many of the ancient

European saints were nobles. Well, probably because in those days, aristocrats were best qualified by education and background to exercise leadership, whether

in the community or in the church. And the records of those days tend to focus on the nobility

instead of, you know, the poor slobs like you and me. But you ball this. Anyway, he was orphaned in

the early 1080s at a young age,

and so he was raised by his uncle, the bishop of Gubeo. He studied for the priesthood,

was ordained, and then was named Dean of the Cathedral clergy. It so happened that the

chapter of canons of Gubeo, the chief diocesan and priests, were living unseemly lives.

As their immediate superior, Father Yubaldo determined to reform them.

His approach was pretty deft.

First, he persuaded three of the canons to join him in accepting a rule of life like that of

religious orders.

The plan worked out well, so eventually the other canons embraced the same

rule, and the whole chapter began to set a better example. Sensing that he had now accomplished

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