Listen "Nov 15 – S Albert the Great"
Episode Synopsis
It’s the Feast of St. Albert the Great, 3rd Class, with the color of White. In this episode: the meditation: “Crusade of Reparation”, today’s news from the Church: “A Young Nigerian Seminarian Dies at the Hands of His Kidnappers”, and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Sources Used Today:
“Crusade of Reparation” – sspx.orghttps://sspx.org/en/news/us-district-superior-calls-crusade-reparation-55491
“A Young Nigerian Seminarian Dies at the Hands of His Kidnappers” (FSSPX.news)
https://fsspx.news/en/news/nigeria-young-seminarian-dies-hands-his-kidnappers-55371
The Spiritual Life – Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
Saint Albert the Great stands as one of the towering minds of the Middle Ages — a man who saw no conflict between faith and reason, and whose intellect became a bridge between the natural and the divine. Born around 1200 in the small German town of Lauingen, Albert was curious from childhood, fascinated by the created world. He entered the Dominican Order while studying in Padua, drawn not only by its scholarship but by its ideal of truth in the service of God.
Albert became a teacher at the great universities of Paris and Cologne, where he inspired countless students — the most famous of them being Saint Thomas Aquinas. His range of study was astonishing. He wrote on theology, philosophy, astronomy, botany, zoology, physics, and even mineralogy, earning him the title Doctor Universalis, the Universal Doctor. He insisted that studying creation was a form of reverence, since all things, rightly understood, reflect the wisdom of their Creator. “The whole world,” he wrote, “is theology for those who look rightly upon it.”
Yet Albert was no cloistered scholar. He served as provincial of the Dominicans in Germany and later as Bishop of Regensburg, where he walked the streets in his friar’s habit rather than the fine robes of a prelate. His humility matched his brilliance. When disputes arose between cities or rulers, he was sent as a peacemaker; when heresies spread, he answered them with clarity rather than condemnation. He was known to interrupt his lectures to lead his students in prayer, reminding them that learning without holiness was hollow.
In his later years, Albert retired to Cologne, living quietly as age dimmed his sight and memory. When he died in 1280, his fellow friars wept not only for a teacher but for a father — a man who had shown that every truth, whether...
Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? [email protected]
Sources Used Today:
“Crusade of Reparation” – sspx.orghttps://sspx.org/en/news/us-district-superior-calls-crusade-reparation-55491
“A Young Nigerian Seminarian Dies at the Hands of His Kidnappers” (FSSPX.news)
https://fsspx.news/en/news/nigeria-young-seminarian-dies-hands-his-kidnappers-55371
The Spiritual Life – Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press)
https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop
Saint Albert the Great stands as one of the towering minds of the Middle Ages — a man who saw no conflict between faith and reason, and whose intellect became a bridge between the natural and the divine. Born around 1200 in the small German town of Lauingen, Albert was curious from childhood, fascinated by the created world. He entered the Dominican Order while studying in Padua, drawn not only by its scholarship but by its ideal of truth in the service of God.
Albert became a teacher at the great universities of Paris and Cologne, where he inspired countless students — the most famous of them being Saint Thomas Aquinas. His range of study was astonishing. He wrote on theology, philosophy, astronomy, botany, zoology, physics, and even mineralogy, earning him the title Doctor Universalis, the Universal Doctor. He insisted that studying creation was a form of reverence, since all things, rightly understood, reflect the wisdom of their Creator. “The whole world,” he wrote, “is theology for those who look rightly upon it.”
Yet Albert was no cloistered scholar. He served as provincial of the Dominicans in Germany and later as Bishop of Regensburg, where he walked the streets in his friar’s habit rather than the fine robes of a prelate. His humility matched his brilliance. When disputes arose between cities or rulers, he was sent as a peacemaker; when heresies spread, he answered them with clarity rather than condemnation. He was known to interrupt his lectures to lead his students in prayer, reminding them that learning without holiness was hollow.
In his later years, Albert retired to Cologne, living quietly as age dimmed his sight and memory. When he died in 1280, his fellow friars wept not only for a teacher but for a father — a man who had shown that every truth, whether...
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