Nova et Vetera

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Fatima: expectations and contemporary relevance - Majestic Promise, Bearer of Peace and Light!

The present crossroads of anxiety and discontent reigning throughout the whole world can be viewed as an effect of impiety and moral corruption, which in turn produce the great “challenges of the world: materialism, relativism, …

30, April 2023

The Mother Co-Redemptrix

Fr. Antonio Royo Marín, OP

In the present chapter we shall examine one of the most important questions of Marian theology, and one of the most deeply researched in recent times: Mary’s co-operation in the work of Redemption, accomplished by …

30, April 2021

“How pitiful is a life without pain”

Msgr. Ascânio Brandão

This was the saying of St. Augustine: the Saints most closely united to Our Lord have, from atop the mountain of love, broader horizons than we do. They know what eternity is and how worthwhile …

31, January 2021

Incomparable Model and Master

Blessed Philip Rinaldi, SDB

The elevation of our Father and Founder Don Bosco to the honour of the altars,1 which aroused unspeakable universal enthusiasm and total confidence in his power of intercession, has heightened in my heart the already …

31, December 2020

What Is a Priest According to the Heart of God?

St. John Eudes

The most precious gift and the most remarkable favour that Divine Goodness can do to a church is to give it a good shepherd, whether a bishop or a pastor. For this is the grace …

31, August 2020

Queen of the Latter Times

St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

The Virgin with the Child Jesus crushing the devil - St. Peter’s Cathedral, Vannes (France) The salvation of the world began through Mary and through Her it must be accomplished. Mary scarcely appeared in the …

31, July 2020

Let Us Love the Blessed Sacrament Passionately!

St. Peter Julian Eymard

“And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself” (Jn 12:32). It was first from the height of the Cross that Our Lord Jesus Christ drew all souls …

31, May 2020

A Descent into Hell

Fr. Francisco de Araújo

One day, the rector of a large scholastic institute asked Don Bosco: “How can I give a good education to the youth of my school?” The Saint replied simply: “By loving them!” Indeed, countless episodes …

30, April 2018

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord - The Art of Praying Well

St. Francis de Sales

Let us now see how we can find in today’s Gospel an excellent way of saying our prayers well. Some people are greatly mistaken, imagining that many methods are necessary to pray well. We see …

31, January 2017

The Holy Name of Mary - Treasure of the Eternal Father’s Love

St. John Eudes

Ihave made previous mention of the beautiful words with which the blessed martyr St. Methodius exalts our amiable Mary: “Salve, amoris Dei Patris thesaure – Hail, treasure of God the Father’s love.” However, they seem …

01, September 2016

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