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The Heavenly Court, Archetype of Earthly Realities

S t. Raphael, as one of the most eminent Angels, has a privileged place in our devotion. On the other hand, the fact that he directs man’s prayers to God and, of course, to Our Lady – who also intercedes by means of the Angels – is a special reason …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2021

Queen of God and of Men!

W hat is the foundation of Our Lady’s royalty? Why is She Queen? In what does this title consist? First of all, we must consider that it befits a king to be the son of a queen. Now since Our Lord Jesus Christ is King of all men, both as …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2021

Wise Advice for Attaining Holiness

In view of the tremendous moral decadence of our times, no one will be able to maintain perfect purity of body and soul without constant interior vigilance. Evil suggestions swarm everywhere and provoke disordered movements in the sensibility, which can go unnoticed at first, even masquerading as good feelings and …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2024

Wrath and Mercy

When, on a fine day, we enter certain forests where the canopy is not very dense, both shadows and light are visible on the ground. Here and there, a shaft of light that has managed to make its way through the foliage intensely illuminates a stone, a bug or a …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 28, February 2021

The Virgin Mother’s Admiration and Affection

As we meditate on the relationship of Mary Most Holy with her Divine Son, still a child, let us consider her adoration, as a creature, towards her God and Creator and, at the same time, the affection of that heavenly Mother towards her only and incomparable Son. Being a model …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2020

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

History’s Most Glorious Event, after the Ascension

The Crowning of Our Lady, by Nicolò di Pietro Montreal Museum of Fine Arts One fact in sacred history that calls our attention is that Our Lord chose to ascend to Heaven before the eyes of men, and that the same happened with the Assumption of Our Lady. Why did …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2020

Soul Full of Enthusiasm and Logic

St. Ignatius of Loyola - Santa Casa, Loyola (Spain) When we analyse St. Ignatius of Loyola’s way of being and acting, we realize that his love and enthusiasm for the institutions and teachings of the Church imparted reflections of those perfections to his own soul, without, however, impinging on his …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2020

Majesty and Suffering

It is not unusual to find charming, venerable, worthy and dignified pictures depicting the Holy House of Nazareth, where the Holy Family dwelt. In general, they endeavour to show it with a diaphanous purity, inundated with the light of a beautifully luminous day. But there is more: a morning brightness …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2018

A Beacon of Catholic Sense

St. Thomas Aquinas was a great beacon which God placed in His Church, enlighten, comfort and encourage souls throughout the centuries so that they might more courageously resist the onslaughts of heresy. With his brilliant intelligence and ardent piety he tackled all the problems which in his time were open …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2023

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