# Jul 11 – BVM on Sat / Pope S Pius I Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-11-bvm-on-sat-pope-s-pius-i Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-11-bvm-on-sat-pope-s-pius-i.md Podcast: [Traditional Catholic Daily Devotional](https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408) Published: 2026-07-11T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://sspxpodcast.com/podcast-episode/jul-10-7-holy-martyrs Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c5d28122-c7f9-4627-b53f-8aec4a6e36c2.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/episodes/jul-11-bvm-on-sat-pope-s-pius-i Duration seconds: 522 ## Resource It's the Feast of B.V.M. on Saturday , 4th Class , with the color of White . In this episode: the meditation: "Devotion to the Precious Blood", today's news from the Church: "No Anxiety", and today's thought from the Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Have feedback or questions about the DD or our other shows? podcast@sspx.org Sources Used Today: "Devotion to the Precious Blood" — From Trinity Sunday to the Assumption https://angeluspress.org/products/from-trinity-sunday-to-the-assumption "No Anxiety" (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/no-anxiety-59982 The Spiritual Life — Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre (Angelus Press) https://angeluspress.org/products/spiritual-life-archbishop Please support our new project, the Archbishop Lefebvre Biography Audiobook! Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Wp4MQdK2o Donate: https://sspx.gifts/audiobook Saint Pius I served as pope during one of the most fascinating periods in the Church's history, a generation when Christianity was still young enough that some believers could remember hearing the Apostles preached about by people who had actually known them. It was a time when the Church had no grand cathedrals, no public processions, and no legal protection. Christians gathered quietly in homes, celebrated the Eucharist in secret, and never knew when persecution might begin again. Pius became Bishop of Rome around the middle of the second century, probably about the year 140. Although we know relatively little about his personal life, the world he lived in tells us a great deal about the challenges he faced. The Church was growing rapidly, but so were false teachings. Various groups claimed to possess secret knowledge or offered new versions of Christianity that departed from the faith handed down by the Apostles. One of the most in… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/episodes/jul-11-bvm-on-sat-pope-s-pius-i/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/traditional-catholic-daily-devotional-6959408/jul-11-bvm-on-sat-pope-s-pius-i.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.