St Bernard of Clairvaux, the Mellifluous Doctor, left the world to found Clairvaux and drew countless souls by his holiness, wisdom, and love of Christ and Mary. Famed preacher, counselor of popes, defender of the Cross, and mystic of the Sacred Humanity, he stands “in medio Ecclesiae” as last of the Fathers. Within Our Lady’s Octave his voice urges us: despise vanity, cleave to the Cross, and follow Christ with steadfast devotion.

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St John Eudes (1601–1680), honoured within the Octave of the Assumption, lived wholly for the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Tested in plague, preaching missions with humility and Marian trust, he founded the Eudists and Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, confronting sin with mercy and forming holy priests. As apostle of the Sacred Hearts, he showed that devotion to them keeps our lamps burning, leading us, like Mary assumed, to share Christ’s eternal wedding feast. https://selsey.org/2025/08/15/nuntiatoria-lxvii-veritas-lucet/

St Agapitus, a boy of fifteen, defied pagan Rome and won the martyr’s crown. His witness shows what true revival means today: not surveys or sentiment, but resistance to the idols of our age—confusion about human nature, lust, broken marriage, disregard for life, conformity to lies, and worship of comfort. Revival will be real when youth, like Agapitus, choose Christ over the world, embracing purity, fidelity, sacrifice, and courage, and so share Our Lady’s incorruptible glory. https://selsey.org/2025/08/15/nuntiatoria-lxvii-veritas-lucet/