“Seventeen centuries ago a young deacon and scholar named Athanasius of Alexandria was inspired by the Holy Spirit. In a time of heavy turmoil in the world and in the Church, Athanasius fought for the true Catholic faith at the great ecumenical Council of Nicaea and throughout his entire career.
“Emperors hated him. His enemies falsely accused him of cruelty, sorcery and even murder. He was exiled five times. And in the face of it all, he became the single most articulate voice defending the true and undiluted Catholic faith, which is why even today we remember him as Athanasius contra mundum: ‘Athanasius against the world’. He never gave up. He always had courage. He had the truth, and the truth won. And in the end, he became one of the best-loved bishops and greatest Doctors of the Church — and the Catholic faith we take for granted today, we owe in part to him.
“That’s the vocation of a bishop.
But that’s also the vocation of every Catholic believer fully alive in Jesus Christ”.
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