Welcome to the traditional Catholic daily devotional for Friday, May 2, 2025.

It's the Feast of St. Athanasius and First Friday, third class with the color of white.

In this episode, the meditation, the letter of St. Athanasius.

Today's news from the church at the media conclave, Cardinal Mueller speaks out.

A preview of this week's episode of the Catholic Mass, number 32, and today's thought from

Archbishop Marcel Lefev.

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

Here we beseech thee, O Lord, our prayers which we offer thee on the feast of blessed Athanasius,

thy bishop and confessor, and absolve us from all our sins by the merits

and prayers of him who had the grace to serve thee worthily.

Today's meditation is the letter of St. Athanasius.

St. Athanasius, as many know, lived in the 4th century and was the Bishop of Alexandria in Egypt

for 46 years. Banned from his diocese at least

five times, he spent a total of 17 years in exile. The famous convert to the church, Cardinal

John Henry Newman, described him as a principal instrument after the apostles by which the

sacred truths of Christianity have been conveyed and secured

to the world. Often referred to by the title as the champion of orthodoxy, St. Athanasius

was undoubtedly one of the most courageous defenders of the faith in the entire history

of the church. If anyone can be singled out as a saint for our times, surely it is St. Athanasius.

The following letter of his could almost word for word have been written yesterday.

May God console you. What saddens you is the fact that others have occupied the churches

by violence, while during this time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have

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