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God’s Chosen Ones

I would like to reflect on one of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Mt 5:10). In each of the Beatitudes, Our Lord Jesus Christ sets forth a principle which is in accordance with the natural or supernatural …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2022

Sublime Lesson of Resignation to Suffering

It is a long-standing tradition among us to say a few words on the passage of the Gospel referring to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, during these days of Holy Week. And, since today is Holy Thursday, it seems appropriate to read and comment on some passages from …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2019

Regal and Victorious Presence of the Divine Infant

A Child is about to be born in Bethlehem! What can we say about this event? When the Word became incarnate and dwelt among us, what was the state of humanity? It was most certainly very similar to our present situation. Despite the sin of Adam and Eve, there was …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2022

Friend of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Guardian of the Virgin

St. John the Evangelist was an eminently virginal soul, extraordinarily close to Our Lord, and most devoted to His Sacred Heart. More than an Apostle, he was a true friend of the God-Man. That is why Our Lord, before dying on the Wood, left to His beloved disciple an inestimable …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2022

The Authentic Manner of Exercising Authority

Command, understood in its strict sense, is the power of a person invested with religious or civil authority – whether military or merely administrative – that gives him the right to say to a subordinate: “Think in this way, because this is how one should think!”, “Act it in this …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2022

Called to Render Great Service to the Church

There are two positions of God in relation to men. Some fall under what we call general providence; others under what we call special providence. Divine Providence is that supreme perfection of wisdom by which God conducts events. In view of the way things are, He disposes them according to …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2022

The Fellowship of the Elect in Empyrean Heaven

The body is an essential element of our person. The soul is not, for example, as clothing is to the body, which can be exchanged for others without altering it. The body is not the clothing of the soul; body and soul form a single whole, a single person. And …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2025

A Blessed Nation

For a long time now, every means of de-Christianization, from the most powerful to the most subtle, has been conjured up in this Land of the Holy Cross in order to tear it from the Church’s bosom. However, while almost everything that in the human sense of the word can …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2024

King and Centre of Hearts

In order to be a good Catholic and remain in a state of grace, man needs to admire each of the virtues extolled in the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, because they are essential for the spiritual life. In His earthly existence, Our Lord gave the most outstanding, …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, May 2024

Holy Intransigence: One Aspect of the Immaculate Conception

In the life of the Church, piety is the key issue. Piety properly understood – not the routine and sterile repetition of formulas and acts of worship, but true piety – which is a gift descended from Heaven, capable of regenerating and bringing souls, families, peoples and civilizations to God …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2023

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