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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

A Gate of Heaven Opened for the World

The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to St. Catherine Labouré took place in 1830. The most important of them was on November 27, when Mary revealed the treasure of heavenly gifts destined for the world with the spreading of the Miraculous Medal. We must remember that, at that time, along …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2020

An Ever-Growing Love of the Church

To know the Church in all its resplendence it is necessary, at a certain point, to sense in one’s inmost soul what it is. And the author uses the term sense because, in fact, it would be something like a mystical tasting, hearing, seeing, breathing and, even a touching of …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, January 2023

Holy Guardian Angels - Guardians and Advocates for Men

Due to an obsessive happy-ending mentality, modern optimism is very apt to see no struggle, difficulty or danger in anything. But the Church, on the contrary, teaches us that this life is a combat sown with physical and spiritual risks. For this reason, Divine Providence has appointed an Angel to …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2020

God’s Chosen Ones

I would like to reflect on one of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Mt 5:10). In each of the Beatitudes, Our Lord Jesus Christ sets forth a principle which is in accordance with the natural or supernatural …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2022

Sublime Lesson of Resignation to Suffering

It is a long-standing tradition among us to say a few words on the passage of the Gospel referring to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, during these days of Holy Week. And, since today is Holy Thursday, it seems appropriate to read and comment on some passages from …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2019

Regal and Victorious Presence of the Divine Infant

A Child is about to be born in Bethlehem! What can we say about this event? When the Word became incarnate and dwelt among us, what was the state of humanity? It was most certainly very similar to our present situation. Despite the sin of Adam and Eve, there was …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2022

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