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The Story of the Repentant Soul

The Miserere belongs to the group of seven psalms called penitential. What is a penitential psalm? Obviously, it is a hymn to God in which the author expresses his repentance. And repentance presupposes that he has sinned, repented and, once this feeling of repentance triumphed within him, he reflected on …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 28, February 2025

The Battle for Souls

As much as people may say otherwise, the phenomena of human society can only be studied in man. Society is a collection of men and therefore we must first analyse the principles that govern the behaviour of human beings and then study how these rules apply to society. The first …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, January 2025

The Unimaginable and the Dream Meet

When there is a society – that is, an entire social body – that lives in unison, artists appear who, imbued with the same desire, make what that society wishes. And the work of art is a consonance – of one or a few men, endowed with special talents for …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2024

The Wondrous Fragrance of Christmas

Nothing could be more opportune, on the occasion of Christmas, than for us to comment on the advent of the Incarnate Word into the world, born of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. These considerations are based on the writings left by the seer Anne Catherine Emmerich,1 a 19th-century German mystic favoured …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2024

Combative and Serene Purity

Catholic hagiography and iconography present St. Anthony of Padua to us as an exceedingly placid man, a man whose orderliness of soul is even reflected in the harmonious folds of his Franciscan habit. Indeed, the invariable composure of his vesture is a type of seismograph of the orderliness of his …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, May 2024

“Save Me, Holy Queen!”

I had a habit of getting up late on Sundays, but that day I got up very early because I was no longer tired and could not sleep any more. So I decided to go to Mass at the Salesian church – the Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, April 2024

Saint, King and Hero

King, and archetype of the tireless fighter, St. Ferdinand of Castile was an extraordinary example of the strong and heroic man, completed by harmonic contrasts: his soul more vigorous than his body, his impetus greater than his musculature, his ideal even greater than his impetus; and, in the pursuit of …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, April 2024

An Intercessor for Building the Edifice of Life

There was an aspect of Dona Lucilia’s soul that manifested itself in the following way: Since she had a maternal love that was inclined to embrace an indefinite number of children, if someone came along who was even somewhat good-hearted and of an age to be her child or grandchild, …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2024

Centre and Model of Affection

Dona Lucilia’s affection for others was modelled upon the Sacred Heart of Jesus; the result of this affection was abnegation and the renunciation of herself in favour of the person loved. In a very balanced and Catholic manner, she considered devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, King and centre …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2024

The Happiness of Eternal Beatitude

I have always had a particular impression of certain descriptions or representations of Heaven. By faith, I knew it was a place where all delights were to be found, but when they were described to me, I had the feeling that they were delights for others and not for me. …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2023

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