Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional for Friday, May 30th, 2025.

It's a feria with a commemoration of St. Felix, fourth class with a color of white.

In this episode, the meditation, the fulfilled salvation of Christ.

Cardinal Sarah is the pope's delegate to the Jubilee in France

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

Grant we beseech the Almighty God that like as we do believe thine only begotten son of our Savior

to have this day ascended into the heavens, so we may also in heart

and mind there ascend, and with him continually dwell.

Today we remember St. Felix I, a third-century pope who led the church during some of its

most turbulent times. Born in Rome, Felix became Pope in the year 269, stepping into a world

where theological confusion and political hostility threatened the very foundation of Christian

unity. One of the biggest issues Felix had to deal with was the heresy of Paul of Samasada,

the Bishop of Antioch, who taught that Jesus was just a regular man and not truly divine.

After several church councils investigated, Paul was declared a heretic and removed from office,

but he refused to leave the bishop's residence. So Pope Felix appealed to the Roman emperor

Aurelian, yes, a pagan emperor, to enforce the church's decision.

Surprisingly, Arreelian sided with the Pope, ordering that the rightful bishop, Domnus, should take the house.

Felix didn't just fight battles in theology. He also faced persecution head on.

When Aurelian began rounding up Christians, Felix stayed in Rome, encouraging the faithful, baptizing converts, and refusing to

run or hide. His courage and compassion left a lasting mark on the early church. Eventually,

Felix was martyred for the faith,

laying down his life around the year 274 after serving his pope for five years.

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