Guiding Star During the Storm!
“It’s a miracle.” This is how Mrs. Glendy Tejero described the help she received from Heaven, through the intercession of Dona Lucilia, at a time when the doctors thought her son’s death was imminent. Glendy, a good Catholic and catechist, lives in the city of Mérida, Mexico. She is a …
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
-
30, September 2023
Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays of the Month - “You at least try to console me!”
From May to October 1917, the Blessed Virgin appeared in Fatima to the three shepherd children, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, giving them messages, entrusting them with secrets and, above all, expressing her innermost desires. The content and depth of her words convince us, however, that they were not only addressed …
José Manuel Gómez
-
30, September 2023
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
Tender and Fatherly Concern for Perfection
The solicitude that [St. Louis Bertrand] showed for the temporal interests of the community was but a reflection of another, far more tender concern with which he kept watch over the perfection of his religious. […] A religious who had received the habit at the monastery of St. Onofre communicated …
Fr. Bertrand Wilberforce, OP
-
30, September 2023
Servant of God Julio Maria de Lombaerde - A Fiery Missionary in Brazil
Belgium, September 25, 1912. From the river port of Antwerp, on the banks of the Scheldt, the steamship Krefeld sets sail for the icy waters of the North Sea and then the great Atlantic Ocean. At the stern of the German vessel, five religious say their last goodbyes to their …
Giuliana D’Amaro
-
30, September 2023
Gospel Commentary
Charity Is Friendship
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, a scholar of the law tested Him by asking, 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the Law is the greatest?” 37 He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, September 2023
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
A Holocaust Pleasing to God
Plinio’s bedroom was adjacent to the study where his late grandfather used to work. After the latter’s death no one else had used the room, which always remained closed. One day, in search of some distraction which might alleviate his worries, Plinio decided to enter that room, and his attention …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, September 2023