The Parable of the Crippled Woman
In the Gospel passage just proclaimed (Lk 13:6-13), you have heard, brethren, the account of two episodes – that of the barren fig tree and that of the woman who was bent over – that call our attention to God’s merciful goodness. The first expresses it by a comparison, the …
Pope St. Gregory the Great
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31, August 2020
Let Us Love God’s Generosity!
Jesus told His disciples this parable: 1 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire labourers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 Going out about nine o’clock, the landowner …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, August 2020
A Famous, but Unknown Story...
It was the end of the Belle Époque,1 a time marked by the search for the enjoyment of life, of a carefree and leisurely joy, and by great scientific and industrial advances that gave humanity a sense of security, stability and self-sufficiency. However, everything was heading rapidly towards a tragic …
Sr. Antonella Ochipinti
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31, August 2020
St. Pio of Pietrelcina - A Kneeler, an Altar and a Confessional
Pietrelcina is a small town in southern Italy, surrounded by fertile but rocky land. Even today, walking through its narrow, unevenly surfaced streets, one can feel the atmosphere of bygone days. On May 25, 1887, this obscure locale became the birthplace of a boy, baptized by the name of Francis, …
Fr. Fernando Néstor Gioia, EP
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31, August 2020
Mary, Mother and Queen of the Church
Throughout the world, the Catholic Liturgy venerates Our Lady as Mother of the Church. First among the foundations for this devotion is the episode in which Christ himself declared to St. John, from the height of the Cross: “Behold your Mother!” (Jn 19:27). Symbolically, the sole Apostle to be in …
Editorial team
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31, August 2020
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Blessed the Day that Saw Her Birth!
The birth of Our Lady brought to humanity something hitherto unknown: a creature free of any stain, a lily of incomparable beauty that was to gladden the angelic choirs and the whole earth. In the midst of the exile of the corrupt human race, an immaculate being appeared, conceived without …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2020
Dona Lucilia
Serene Pilgrimage Along the Path of Old Age
Certain wines, in order to give their best to those who will taste them, are stored in the solitude of deep cellars, out of the sunlight. There, over a period of years and decades, their flavour is refined, they acquire a rich bouquet, their harsh aftertaste mellows, and even their …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, August 2020