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Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - Heralds Magazine

Constant Concern for Her Children’s Education

Dona Lucilia had outdone herself in providing the best possible education for her children at home. However, despite all of her concerns, in 1919, having reached the appropriate age, Plinio would have to be enrolled in school. She naturally chose the best in São Paulo, run by the Jesuit Fathers. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, June 2023

Suffering, the Source of Glory

31 When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of man glorified, and in Him God is glorified; 32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him at once.33a Little children, yet a little while I am with you. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, March 2013

How Should We Respond to a Glorious Calling?

1 While the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2 And He saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2013

Lucilian Piety

One of Lucilia’s favourite places to practise her piety toward the Mother of God was the Luz Convent in São Paulo. She had visited this wellspring of blessings since earliest childhood, on journeys from Pirassununga, her birthplace. It was there that her soul felt most in contact with the supernatural. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, December 2024

The Liturgy of the Radical “Yes”

“When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem. And He sent messengers ahead of Him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for Him; but the people would not receive Him, because His face …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, May 2010

The Sanctity of the Priesthood, in the Light of St. Thomas Aquinas

In astute reflection upon the essence of priestly ordination and the sacred ministry, St. Thomas observers that priests should strive for perfection, even more than should monks or nuns. Indeed, to understand this teaching, it is enough to recall the high degree of sanctity that the Eucharistic Celebration and the …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2010

God Should Always Be in the Centre

“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2010

Christ is Risen! Our Faith is Alive!

“Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ But they were startled and …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, March 2009

Sublime Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Dona Lucilia’s boundless affection for her children did not stem from merely natural motives. It was rooted in devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom she prayed constantly, as her maternal words in a letter to Plinio, years later, reveal: “I was immensely pleased to know that when …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2021

Unfathomable Divine Plans and Faulty Human Criteria

13 When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2021

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