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Mary’s Indestructible Chain

“I will put enmity between you and the Woman, and between your seed and her seed” (Gn 3:15), the Creator decreed after the fall of our first parents. It is a war waged between two irreconcilable adversaries: the race of the children of the Virgin under the orders of their …
Sr. Aline Karolina Lima - 30, April 2022

Nothing Other Than Thomas

The Cusco School of painting is characterized by the application of bright colours, vibrant design and plurality of ornament. To portray the Prince of Scholasticism, the method was no different: the panel is full of allegories, the meaning of which requires careful analysis. Moreover, the Latin inscriptions are truncated. Such …
Fr. Felipe Ramos, EP - 30, June 2023

The Ensemble Is Greater

Dear reader, allow me to pass on something that recently caught my attention. While I was praying the Rosary, walking through the grounds of my community, I came across a beautiful flowering shrub. It was a hibiscus, known scientifically by the name Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, which evokes a special aspect of …
Letícia Regina Ferratto - 30, September 2022

The Watchtower

In a sky that seems forever blue, the sun shines down with all its brilliance upon the placid waves of the sea, which sparkle like crystal as they collide with one another. Birds glide gracefully over the turquoise waters, composing melodies in harmony with the light breeze that gently sways …
Lorena Mello - 31, July 2024

Patroness of the Armada

“Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor cæli, Virgo puerpera, singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, carmelitis da privilegia, stella maris – Flower of Carmel, blossoming vine, splendour of Heaven, Mother divine, none like Thee. Mother Mild, whom no man didst know, upon thy Carmelites favour bestow, O Star of the Sea.” …
Sr. María José Tefel - 30, June 2024

Turn the Tuning Pegs!

How many feelings, inspirations and memories come to mind when we hear beautiful music played to perfection on a violin! In the midst of melodic delight, those listening to the composition probably do not consider how much effort lies behind those harmonious sounds. The instrument itself, though inanimate, must match …
Mariana Rafaela Magalhães Teixeira - 31, July 2023

Courage and Purity

The eternal, virginal snows of the Alps, which are constantly battered by icy winds, nobly crown the peaks of imposing rock formations. During the 19th century, perhaps driven by nostalgia for the epic spirit which shone so brightly in the Europe of bygone days, many young people set out to …
Santiago Rodríguez - 30, September 2021

Admiration: Consolation Amid Perplexities

Well known is St. John of the Cross’ Dark Night, in which he explains the process of purifying the imperfections of the soul, “preparing it for the union of love with God.”1 However, I do not think that the master of spiritual life will mind if, in these pages, instead …
Sr. Maria Beatriz Matos - 31, August 2021

Like a Tree Felled by the Storm

Someone once told me about a German engineer who, while exploring the Russian wilderness, came upon a gigantic pine tree lying across the mouth of a deep abyss. The tree, felled centuries earlier by a violent storm, had, with the passing of time, been transformed into solid stone. At that …
Sr. Ana Belén Espínola - 31, March 2021

“Kintsugi” and the Art of Divine Pardon

We live in a society that has become accustomed to the disposable, the practical and the ephemeral, and which is, as a consequence, increasingly unconcerned with beauty, the sublime and the enduring. For this reason, it may be difficult for us to appreciate a certain oriental art form, kintsugi, which …
Santiago Rodríguez - 31, March 2022

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