Sr. Letícia de Sousa

Let us imagine ourselves on board a troop transport plane, at an altitude of over five thousand metres. The passengers are paratroopers and are getting ready, like us, to jump for the first time from this altitude. It is impossible not to feel fear! Some entrust themselves to divine protection, …

The ninth hour had already passed, and the sun still beat strongly upon the village of Bethphage, situated on the outskirts of Bethany. The entire region was in the grip of drought and famine… The sons of the honest farmer, Bartholomew, were busy storing the hay in the barn and …

Catholic piety has dedicated its most sublime artistic manifestations to Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Magnificent buildings, stained glass windows, music, liturgical splendours of every kind have sprung up over the centuries to render as much glorify and praise as possible in this land of exile to the …

It is another day of preaching by the Divine Master. On a mountaintop, near Lake Tiberias, with words full of unction, Jesus reveals how His true followers should be. When the sermon ends, everyone descends, wonderstruck. In the midst of the moving crowd, one of the disciples meditates on what …

With carols, colours, lights, decorations and delicacies, December commemorates the most awaited celebration of the whole year! Even if the preceding months have passed by without great signs of devotion or faith, special graces knock on the door at this time of year. In homes of both the poor and …

Vienna Karlskirche fresco (detail) “The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit” (Jn 3:8), Jesus said to Nicodemus, in their famous …