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Thermometer of True Fervour

In one of the houses in our movement, there is a very beautiful photograph of a tree-lined promenade. It is by no means as lush as those at Fontainebleau forest, but it is a beautiful arboreal path, dignified, well-arranged and pleasing to the eye. There are a few stone benches …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2025

Admirable Contemplation, Restorative Penitence

After her repentance, St. Mary Magdalene began to clearly represent two united virtues: contemplation and penitence. Contemplation, in contrast with her sister, in the famous episode in which Our Lord says to Martha: “Mary has chosen the good portion and it will not be taken from her” (Lk 10:42). Therefore, …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2024

The Origins of Ash Wednesday

To fully understand the Church’s intention in instituting the Ash Wednesday ceremony, it is necessary to consider its origins, as well as the impact it had on the historic period in which it was established. Therefore, we must turn our attention to a distant past, since this liturgical practice, like …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, January 2021

The Founder of an Era of Faith

A young man with an extraordinary vocation, from a senatorial and patrician family, decided to give himself completely to divine grace. It spoke to him in the depths of his soul: “My son, I want you, and I want you entirely. Will you give yourself completely?” And he replied: “Yes, …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2024

The Perfect Social Fabric

The cellula mater of the organic social fabric is the family. It has within it the fullness of organicity, and because of warmth and vigour radiating from it, a certain organicity is communicated to the rest of society. In fact, this organicity of the family and the ensemble of inter-personal …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2025

Precursor in the Fight against Heresy

St. John the Evangelist was one of the first fighters against the heresy emergent in his time, regarding the relationship between the human and divine natures of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thus, the Virgin Apostle, the Apostle of the Heart of Jesus, the Apostle who received Our Lady as his …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 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

Shield and Sword of the Church

Regarding St. Michael the Archangel, we have a brief note: “St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly hosts, fought the rebellious angels in the war that arose in Heaven. It is his duty to continue this fight to free us from the devil. The Guardian Angels depend on him. He is …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2024

Rules for the Aesthetics of the Universe

Considering creation, we can ask ourselves why God, being infinitely perfect and having in himself all plenitude, wished to create the immense quantity of beings that make up the universe. While it is true that there was no reason why He could not give existence to the cosmos, on the …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2023

Sublime Intimacy Between Child and Mother

The invocation of Our Lady of Good Counsel may appear, at first sight, not to bear much relation to the fresco. The latter portrays a Queen of a small Balkan country, which can be perceived in the figure, the ornaments, and above all in the distinctly eastern traits, with her …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2021

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