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God Embroiders Straight with Crooked Lines

God Embroiders Straight with Crooked Lines

Heloisa Dias
Many human activities have accompanied the development of civilization in various different areas, such as, for example, the field of the arts. They have undergone changes and improvements, of course, but their essence remains the …
30, June 2022
Living Monstrances

Living Monstrances

Jeniffer Santana
A faint light inside the sacred enclosure invites us to intimacy with God, in recollection and prayer. It comes not from the large basilica, but from an inviting side chapel where we find Jesus in …
31, May 2022
Dust, Ashes and Nothing

Dust, Ashes and Nothing

Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP
A stroll through the winding alleys of Rome can sometimes feel like a visit to a necropolis. In the ancient Campus Martius, for example, the imposing mausoleum of Augustus stands out, preserving the spoils of …
28, February 2022
While the King Sleeps…

While the King Sleeps…

Sr. Adriana María Sánchez
In the savannahs of faraway Africa, there is a lord more powerful than the lion: silence. In the midst of the struggles for animal survival, it reigns not as a tyrant, but gently, providing the …
31, January 2022
The King’s Sleep

The King’s Sleep

Diana Compasso
The vast golden plain, scorched by the heat of the sun, is slowly being covered by the starry mantle of the night. Silence descends… The only sound is the rustling of the dried grass, moved …
31, December 2021
On the Right or Left of Jesus?

On the Right or Left of Jesus?

Bruna Almeida Piva
Immense and verdant pastures teeming with flocks, some of sheep and lambs, others of goats and kids: such is the picturesque scene that often meets our eyes when we venture far from the big cities. …
30, November 2021
Light of Hope in the Resurrection

Light of Hope in the Resurrection

Karolinne Kaufmann
Cemeteries, often gloomy and unwelcoming, take on a special colour on All Souls’ Day in Poland, owing to an ancient Catholic tradition. On this date, the Polish people customarily visit the sites where the bodies …
31, October 2021
Courage and Purity

Courage and Purity

Santiago Vieto Rodríguez
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 …
30, September 2021
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