{"podcast":{"title":"InPrincipio Podcast","slug":"inprincipio-podcast-7506411","podcast_index_feed_id":7506411,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10847c74c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reccared","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44238891/44238891-1763068059155-6d21195dc94e9.jpg","author":"InPrincipio","episode_count":553,"summary":"Books, readings, and historical studies with a Catholic perspective","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T02:19:58.246816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411"},"episode":{"title":"St. Laurence Justinian (September 5) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year","slug":"st-laurence-justinian-september-5-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year","published_at":"2026-09-05T04:47:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/st-laurence-justinian-september-5-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reccared/episodes/St--Laurence-Justinian-September-5--From-Dom-Gurangers-Liturgical-Year-e3oc68u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10847c74c/podcast/play/125228766/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-5%2Fdcbf64e9-ccac-cd45-820f-39dfcd65ee3b.mp3","summary":"A meditation for the Feast of Saint Laurence Justinian, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Saint Laurence Justinian (1381–1456) was a Venetian nobleman who renounced a life of wealth and privilege to embrace poverty, prayer, and the religious life. He entered the Congregation of the Canons Regular of San Giorgio in Alga, where his holiness, humility, and zeal for reform soon made him a respected spiritual leader. Appointed Bishop of Castello and later the first Patriarch of Venice, he devoted himself to the care of the poor, the reform of clergy and religious, and the spiritual renewal of his people, while maintaining a life of profound prayer and penance. Despite the honors he received, he remained humble and detached from worldly status, regarding himself as a servant of Christ and His Church. He died on January 8, 1456, and was canonized by Pope Alexander VIII in 1690.Please note that Servant of God Dom Prosper Guéranger went to his eternal reward in 1875; at this point, Volumes I-IX (Advent to Pentecost Saturday) had been completed, but Volumes X-XV (Trinity Sunday to Advent) had not yet been completed. Thus, the remaining readings of the Liturgical Year, from Trinity Sunday until Advent, were not directly authored by Dom Prosper, but were the work of his disciple Dom Lucien Fromage. Dom Prosper Guéranger's The Liturgical Year, a monumental fifteen-volume work, offers a comprehensive exploration of the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar, guiding readers through the spiritual and historical richness of the Church’s worship. Written in the 19th century, the series provides daily meditations, historical context, and liturgical texts for the Mass and Divine Office, covering the entire cycle of seasons—Advent, Christmas,…","meta_description":"A meditation for the Feast of Saint Laurence Justinian, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.Saint Laurence Ju…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":816,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/episodes/st-laurence-justinian-september-5-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inprincipio-podcast-7506411/st-laurence-justinian-september-5-from-dom-gu-ranger-s-liturgical-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}