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The Seed of a Glorious Future
Frequently, the spiritual state of the mother conditions that of the son, for God takes into account the mother’s fidelity when giving to her offspring the graces necessary for the fulfilment of their mission. To properly discharge this duty, a wise mother must pray, have a sound interior life, frequent …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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30, November 2025
Unforgettable Afternoons with Dona Lucilia
The countless moral facets of the perfect mother were in Dona Lucilia put within reach of general observation, inviting others to become part of the “thousand children” for whom her overflowingly benevolent heart yearned. Anyone who had the pleasure of visiting that apartment and spending time in the company of …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, October 2025
Under a Mother’s Protection
Let us imagine that we have managed to climb the face of a mountain until reaching its summit, where we find an enormous nest with an eagle’s nestling. Concealed behind a rock, we soon see the eagle returning to the nest from the hunt. In its claws is a quarry …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, August 2025
Even on the Other Side of the World…
Dona Lucilia’s intercession transcends barriers. Since her death in 1968, we have witnessed the discreet but ever-growing blossoming of a devotion that opens up new paths. The number of people who have been helped by her in the most diverse parts of the world is a pledge of hope for …
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
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31, July 2025
Motherly Corrections
Naughtiness and wrongdoings come up in the ordinary life of any child. Sometimes a window is broken, a cake is ruined, milk is spilled… Nevertheless, those whose are responsible for correcting faults must do so for the sake of the love for order and discipline, without giving way to disproportionate …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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30, June 2025
A Solicitous and Generous Mother
There are trials that hit us like “a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky” – a well-known expression that attests to how setbacks can visit our lives without any prior warning. Furthermore, few people nowadays think about this possibility, despite its being very likely, almost inevitable… Dona …
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
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31, May 2025
Final Acts of Piety
To break the monotony of each day following the same routine as the last, Dr. Plinio took his mother from time to time for a walk along Alagoas Street,1 where they lived. He never took her so far as Buenos Aires Square, thinking it unwise to cross the extremely busy …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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30, April 2025
Dona Lucilia, Help Me!
Nothing foreshadowed the tremendous blow that Pamela Balda’s family would suffer that Thursday afternoon, on May 30, 2024. In the house where she lives with her parents and sister in Guayaquil, Ecuador, daily activities were going on as normal when, at around 1pm, her mother, Anita Mariela Desiderio Hinostroza, was …
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
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31, March 2025
A Soul of Harmonious Contrasts
Due to her magnanimity of soul, Dona Lucilia easily adapted to the will of others. Nothing disturbed her well-ordered inner equanimity. It was reminiscent of certain characteristically Brazilian rivers of the Amazon Basin. Tranquil in their banks, they serenely surround and cover the obstacles that arise along their course. Those …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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28, February 2025
Dona Lucilia Is Truly Beside Me!
In the gentleness of a smile or in a discreet intervention; as a friendly hand that reassures or a strong arm that supports; by a simple inner inspiration that is tantamount to salutary advice… In short, Dona Lucilia’s maternal help is felt in many different ways even by people who …
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
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31, January 2025