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Welcome to The Saint of the Day Podcast, a service of <a href='https://www.goodcatholic.com/'>Good Catholic</a> and <a href='http://thecatholiccompany.com/'>The Catholic Company</a>.Today&apos;s featured saint is St. Martin de Porres. If you like what you heard, share this podcast with someone you know, and make sure to subscribe!🔔Subscribe to Our Channel: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVNrdEJMWl9MMHluX2FYOVExYktxa0xGdGp1d3xBQ3Jtc0tsSmFkN2pqNWFkQkI3NVFFeGZYTno0cmp6b1hJVVI3cW5IbmZ4aWN1Y0FLRUJsWUItZGRJSTRPUW13YWtnQVJLbzBUS041TzlveF9Ec3lwSDd4RWgwaFg3VTJQc2Eyc3lXTkF1WWoyM0MyenV2MTdzbw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3sX4exh&amp;v=uXS4iQbY-gY'>https://bit.ly/3sX4exh</a>✅ Visit Good Catholic for more great content: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0RyRnFzSEt0VWptYWlSNTJDR0ZPRDNqZnJiQXxBQ3Jtc0trSG1IR2dtaEduSHB2RGVtQVQ4VFJvNnpPY3NVZ19fcURMa21SdzRHSWlnMWljb3pBNmdSNkV0UDNGblJ3ZmY3WFBoNHh5Z2drSkg1V2puaHhJTkVKcjc5WEN6cHhOTllHOTdCdmlMV2dfcWxwdkxJZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3rMqLKI&amp;v=uXS4iQbY-gY'>https://bit.ly/3rMqLKI</a>

11/03 - St. Martin de Porres

Opening Credits

Im Memoriam

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Restoration; The Rebirth of Revolution (1815-40)

Chapter 2: The Spread of Political Revolution (1815-48)

Chapter 3: Victory and Defeat for the Traditionalist Cause (1832-76)

Chapter 4: Blessed Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council (1846-78)

Chapter 5: Three Visitations by the Mother of God; The Paris Commune (1845-79)

Chapter 6: America Frees Its Slaves (1820-65)

Chapter 7: The Age of Industry, Science, Enterprise, and Imperialism (1815-1914)

Chapter 8: The Ditches of Death (1907-18)

Chapter 9: The Ultimate Revolution (1917-18)

Chapter 9, Part 2: The Ultimate Revolution (1917-18)

Chapter 10: Revolution's Wake (1918-20)

Chapter 11: A World Torn from Its Moorings (1918-29)

Chapter 11, Part 2: A World Torn from Its Moorings (1918-29)

Chapter 12: Witches' Sabbath (1922-39)

Chapter 12, Part 2: Witches' Sabbath (1922-39)

Chapter 13: Communist Terror (1924-45)

Chapter 14: The Last Crusade (1936-39)

Chapter 15: The Great Just War (1939-45)

Chapter 16: The Cold War (1945-53)

Chapter 16, Part 2: The Cold War (1945-53)

Chapter 17: The Second Vatican Council Confronts the Modernist Heresy (1962-65)

Chapter 17, Part 2: The Second Vatican Council Confronts the Modernist Heresy (1962-65)

Chapter 18: Years of Revolution (1960-78)

Chapter 19: A Pope from the Church of the Martyrs I (1978-90)

Chapter 20: The Fall of the Communist Empire (1979-91)

Chapter 21: A Pope from the Church of the Martyrs II (1990-2005)

Chapter 22: The Revolution against the Human Person: The Ultimate Crisis of Christendom (1950-the present)

Conclusion: Seeds of the New Springtime - A Message of Hope

Appendix I: Mission

Appendix Ii: Principles for Writing Catholic History

Appendix IiI: Having Done All, To Stand: The Epic of Malta

Appendix IV: The Ballad of the Reconquista: Pelayo at Covadonga (Spain 722)

Closing Credits

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Dedication

Chapter 1: Martin Luther's Revolt (1517-1521)

Chapter 1, Part 2: Martin Luther's Revolt (1517-1521)

Chapter 2: The Emperor Keeps the Faith (1521-1530)

Chapter 2, Part 2: The Emperor Keeps the Faith (1521-1530)

Chapter 3: Whom God Hath Joined Together...(1527-1536)

Chapter 3, Part 2: Whom God Hath Joined Together...(1527-1536)

Chapter 4: Delay of the Council (1536-1553)

Chapter 4, Part 2: Delay of the Council (1536-1553)

Chapter 5: The Calvinist Revolutionaries (1553-1562)

Chapter 5, Part 2: The Calvinist Revolutionaries (1553-1562)

Chapter 6: The Council Fulfilled (1562-1572)

Chapter 6, Part 2: The Council Fulfilled (1562-1572)

Chapter 6, Part 3: The Council Fulfilled (1562-1572)

Chapter 7: The Struggle for the Low Countries (1572-1585)

Chapter 7, Part 2: The Struggle for the Low Countries (1572-1585)

Chapter 8: Decision by Battle (1585-1598)

Chapter 8, Part 2: Decision by Battle (1585-1598)

Chapter 8, Part 3: Decision by Battle (1585-1598)

Chapter 9: Expansion and Colonization (1598-1618)

Chapter 9, Part 2: Expansion and Colonization (1598-1618)

Chapter 10: A Cardinal Against Christendom (1618-1640)

Chapter 10, Part 2: A Cardinal Against Christendom (1618-1640)

Chapter 11: Christendom Cloven (1640-1661)

Chapter 11, Part 2: Christendom Cloven (1640-1661)

Chapter 12: Evangelization of a New World (1531-1661)

Chapter 12, Part 2: Evangelization of a New World (1531-1661)

Chapter 13: Missions to the Orient (1450-1873)

Chapter 13, Part 2: Missions to the Orient (1450-1873)

Chapter 13, Part 3: Missions to the Orient (1450-1873)

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In Acts 3, Peter used God’s gift of healing to allow God to restore a lame man. Fr. Mike reminds us that God gives us gifts so he can be known in the world and all great miracles are attributed to the name of Jesus. Fr. Mike also tells us why our suffering matters, and how God wastes nothing. Today’s readings are Acts 3, Romans 4-5, and Proverbs 27:1-3.

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Day 324: The Name of Jesus (2025)

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Day 26: God Responds to Job (2026)

Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis explores the 13th-century reception of Augustine’s account of memory, intellect, and will, analyzing how medieval philosophers navigated the tension between Augustinian and Aristotelian models of the rational soul. This lecture was given on June 15th, 2025, at Schloss St. Emmeram. Will you hand on the Faith to those who need it the most? Give by October 31st to film the next season of Aquinas 101!&nbsp;<a href="https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcast" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/oct25podcast</a> For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>. About the Speakers: Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis is the twelfth Prince of Thurn und Taxis and the current head of the Princely House. Born in Regensburg in 1983, his academic career reflects a diverse range of studies across economics, theology, and philosophy. Prince Albert completed his early education in Regensburg and at the German School in Rome. He went on to study economics and theology at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Master of Arts in 2008. He further honed his financial expertise by training as a chartered financial analyst in Zurich from 2008 to 2010. He later returned to Rome to pursue philosophy, earning a doctorate in 2022 from the Pontificia Universitas Studiorum a Sancto Thoma Aquinate in Urbe (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas). His research interests touch on morality and agency, evident in his publication, "John Stuart Mill and the Criterion of Morality: The Good, the Self and the Other" (2011), and his Licentiate Thesis, "Triumph of the Will? Rationality and Freedom in Aquinas' Theory of Agency" (2014). He is also a member of several other noble and religious orders, including the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defence of the Immaculate Conception (2005) and an honorary knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta (2010). Keywords: Albert The Great, Aristotelian Anthropology, Augustinian Triad, Faculty Psychology, Human Rationality, Imago Dei, Medieval Controversies, Memory Intellect And Will, Philosophical Anthropology, Trinitarian Psychology

Memory, Intellect, and Will: The 13th Century Reception of Augustine – Dr. Albert von Thurn und Taxis

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Day 25: Job's Questioning (2026)

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