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Today is Thursday, May 9, 2024, the Ascension of Our Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation, and a first class feast, with the liturgical color of white. In this episode: the meditation, “The Joyfulness of the Feast of the Ascension,” a preview of the Sermon: "Reverencing Motherhood,” and a Thought of the Day from Archbishop Lefebvre.

Today is Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the Vigil of the Ascension, and a Rogation day, a second class feast, with the liturgical color of white. In this episode: the meditation, ”the Blessing of the Rogation Days,” a preview of the Sermon: “Reasons for Christ’s Ascension,” and a Thought of the Day from Archbishop Lefebvre.

Welcome to the SSPX Podcast, and to Audio Daily Devotional. Today is Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the Feast of St. Stanislaus, and a Rogation day, a third Class Feast, with the liturgical color of red. In this episode: News from FSSPX.News about the history of the month of Mary, A Meditation on the origin of Rogation Days, and a Thought of the Day from Archbishop Lefebvre

Before the scientific discoveries of the late 19th century, most adherents of Catholicism and Protestantism believed that the earth and universe were 6000 years old, based on a chronology derived from the Bible. However, after the discovery of the radioactive behavior of atoms, developments in the study of geology, and accurate measurement of star distances provided solid scientific evidence for a universe and earth of an age in the billions of years, Catholic exegetes abandoned the idea that the earth was 6000 years old.

On today’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we continue our discussion from the last episode on Young Earth Creationism. As covered on the last episode, Catholics are not obligated to believe the earth or universe is 6,000 years old; it is not a question of faith. In this episode we examine more closely specific arguments which suggest that young-earth-creationism and geocentricism—a description of the universe that places earth at its center—are parts of the deposit of the Faith. In so doing, Fr. Paul Robinson helps Catholics further distinguish between what the Catholic Church teaches infallibly and scientific views of creation and the world which develop over time in the light of new research.

On today’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we’ll dive back into our Questions with Father episodes with a topic we touched on about 6 years ago: Young Earth Creationism. Many Catholics claim that it is doctrinal, and morally necessary to believe that the earth was created in a particular time, or in a particular way. In this episode and a following one to come later, Fr. Paul Robinson will lay out the Catholic perspective on not just this topic, but broadly, what a Catholic should believe in terms of Scripture and Science.