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Love for the “Unum” of the Holy Church

During my childhood, I began to notice that there was a uniformity in the Catholic Church which gave me the following impression: it seemed to me that the people, customs, doctrine, Liturgy and prayers had, from the beginning, a single mentality. I looked at the objects in the Shrine of …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2025

I Trust in You, O Mother!

However great may be the spiritual or temporal difficulties we must face in our lives, the constant attitude we should have in the face of them is one of unconditional trust in Our Lady. In the certainty of this maternal help, we find the courage to face any adversity, saying …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2023

Speak to Jesus for Me

My Mother, when Jesus was within your womb, You had countless things to say to Him; consider, however, the trifles I say at the moment when I receive Him in the Blessed Eucharist! Therefore, I implore You: speak for me, my Mother, and tell Him what I would like to …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, May 2022

Compassionate and Combative Soul

St. Vincent de Paul was at once the saint of combativeness and charity. Combativeness, on two fronts. First, the doctrinal front, in which he diligently fought the Jansenists in Rome, at court, among the nobility, among the clergy, among the people, in a political and strategic manner, with his immense …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2024

Confidence, Joy and Courage

The maternal love of Mary has the regenerating power to elevate and sanctify a soul; She is the Mediatrix of the graces that are necessary for the justification of her beloved ones. Let us trust in Our Lady at all times, always remembering her extreme indulgence towards us, the compassion …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2025

We Are All Called to Heroism

My interlocutor mentioned the heroism of the crusaders, the religious, the martyrs and a series of other forms of heroism. What is common among all of them? Between the heroism of the martyrs and that of the crusaders, for example? These could almost be called opposite heroisms, for that of …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 28, February 2023

Splendour, at the Crossroads of History…

Versailles was built in a context that could, from a certain point of view, be called a crossroads in history. The starting point of the Middle Ages was the invasion of the barbarians into the Roman Empire and their mixing with the decadent Europeans of that territory. Plunged into a …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2024

Eagle of Human Thought

The eagle is extremely beautiful at the moment when it takes flight. However, even more beautiful is human thought when expressed in a way that conveys its flight. Such is that of St. Augustine: in his impelling surges of soul, he reveals incomparable flight.
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2024

Let Us Be Her Intimate Children!

Contemplating the image of the Mother of Good Counsel and seeing the Child Jesus so well-protected and holding fast to her so tightly, I desire that a ray of grace descend upon each one of us, leading us to understand that this is how we ought to be in relation …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2025

The Beginning of the Victory!

Why do we celebrate someone’s birthday? The reason is very simple: a person’s birthday represents the moment they entered the world. Every birth constitutes a favour, a grace from God, because every person – as much as they are conceived in original sin, and may additionally carry some family defect …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2025

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