The Sacred Liturgy - Embodying the Highest Aspirations of Humanity
“Grant, O merciful God, that, just as the Saviour of the world, born this day, is the author of divine generation for us, so He may be the giver even of immortality,”1 prays the priest at Christmas Mass. However, what is the basis of the bold affirmation in this prayer, …
João Paulo Bueno
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30, November 2025
The Communion of Saints - As Members of One Body
When the icy days of winter give way to the first rains of spring, enveloping inert nature in a milder climate, humanity is presented with the emergence of a new life, rich in principles, mysteries, and symbolism. “I am the vine, you are the branches” (Jn 15:5). Who could fail …
Adriel Brandelero
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31, October 2025
St. Hildegard of Bingen and Richardis von Stade - The Orphanhood of a Daughterless Mother…
To many of our contemporaries, and even to some Catholics, the saints seem like towering mountains of virtue, superhuman beings, predestined, separated from all and from everything, inimitable in the awesome grandeur of their deeds… Yet, from the heights of Heaven, where they enjoy eternal bliss, how they must smile …
Sr. Diana Milena Devia Burbano
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31, October 2025
Sacred Scripture – Biblical Canon - The Book Written by God
Following the development of institutions or customs has always been an effective and beneficial way of growing in love for them. Pragmatism, however – the great ruler of our age – has accustomed us to seeing things only as they appear to our eyes, focussing on their immediate usefulness and …
Mariana Cristina Moniz
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31, August 2025
Biblical Languages - What Language Does the Holy Spirit Speak?
In his characteristic style, St. Luke offers us a detailed description of the event that marked the beginnings of the Church: Pentecost. After tongues of fire rested upon each of the Apostles, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit …
João Pedro Serafim Freitas Pereira
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31, August 2025
Suffering - A Plinian Explanation: The “Sufferative” - Learning to Suffer
There is a vast bibliography on the subject of suffering. Rivers of ink, both sacred and profane, have flowed alongside the rivers of blood, sweat and tears shed by the human race since Adam and Eve left Earthly Paradise. Discovering the origin of the universe, where we came from and …
Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP
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31, July 2025
Called to Be Co-redemptors!
It was 1177. Before the Battle of Montgisard, the sublime gesture of a certain king comforted Our Lord Jesus Christ and obtained the victory for the Christians. When the enemy army came into view, Baldwin IV did not fear in the face of the terrible and obvious disproportion of forces: …
Sr. Maria Teresa Aquino
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31, July 2025
The Family – The Sacrament of Marriage - Mystery of Love and Union, Communicated to Humanity
Of all the Sacraments, marriage is undoubtedly the most richly celebrated. Gala attire, jewels, bouquets, guests, lavish banquets, sumptuous receptions… everything is arranged with the care that this unique event – which will change the lives of the bride and groom forever – demands. But how few consider its supernatural …
Fr. Carlos Adriano Santos, EP
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30, June 2025
The Education of Children - The Great Challenge for Parents
Children are born without an instruction manual. They come changing all the rules, abolishing schedules, and doing away with selfishness. In the end, only after many failures do parents discover that, in order to raise them well, more than just books are needed: they must be good parents… Equipped with …
Bruna Almeida Piva
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30, June 2025
Providential callings – Charlemagne - Sword and Shield of Christendom
It is the year of grace 800. Before the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica, the venerable and august pontiff, St. Leo III, takes a golden crown, the imperial diadem, and places it on the head of the king of the Franks, who will henceforth be emperor. At this moment, …
João Paulo Bueno
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31, May 2025