A Mystery of Unimaginable Love!
I will never forget a beautiful episode, related in great detail by Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, which took place with a very distinguished family of the aristocracy of São Paulo, of long-standing tradition and considerable wealth, at a time when he was a child. The couple could not have …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, March 2025
The Great Law of Mercy
When we have the opportunity to pore over the history of antiquity, before the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we get the impression that a deep night then reigned over the world, with a dreadful density of darkness, devoid of all goodness and harmony in relationships, and all understanding …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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28, February 2025
Conversion: An Initiative of God
“Everything is grace!” St. Therese of the Child Jesus used to say, without an in-depth knowledge of theology… This happens with the saints: they are assisted by a special action of the Holy Spirit, which leads them to affirm lofty doctrinal principles without having studied them. And the maxim of …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, January 2025
Acting in the Past, Present and Future...
We read in Scripture that Moses asked God how he should answer the Israelites’ questions regarding His name. And the Lord said: “I am Who am” (Ex 3:14). He did not call Himself “the one who was, who is and who will be,” but “I am Who am”! Yes, because …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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31, December 2024
A Sign of Unsurpassed Love
Angelic nature, the work of God’s hand, is characterized by being purely spiritual, endowed with intelligence and will. When, through intellection, the Angels understand one same principle and love this ideal, they are united with one another. Ideas are also a factor in uniting men, but, already in the Earthly …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, June 2026
“My thoughts are higher than your thoughts”
The fame of John the Baptist had marked the history of Israel, and public opinion was still under the influence of that unusual man, who ate locusts and wild honey, dressed in camel skin and a leather belt. Providence had bestowed graces upon him, and countless comments circulated about him, …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, February 2026
Genazzano: a Lifelong Devotion
In our filial relations with the Mother of God, understanding the fundamentals of Mariology undoubtedly plays an important role in this relationship; however, this is not everything, nor is it the most relevant aspect. The primordial factor in our relationship with the Blessed Virgin always consists in a sensible grace …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, April 2026
True Friendship
When we look up at the sky and see the stars, they look like an immense collection of tiny lights, very similar to each other. However, if we observe them through a telescope, we realize the great variety that exists among the stars, as St. Paul affirms: “Stella enim a …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, July 2026
The Expiatory Victim
We know that in the Old Testament, the way to make amends for offenses against God consisted of offering a victim, immolating it with the shedding of blood, a symbol of life. This sacrifice appeased divine wrath and resulted in the reparation of the acquired stain (cf. Lev 5:15-26). In …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, September 2026
Embraced by Mary
In his first epistle, written when he was advanced in years, St. John the Evangelist exhorts his disciples to always remain in Our Lord Jesus Christ through the observance of the Commandments, particularly the love of God and of neighbour. He, who in the past was called the “son of …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
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01, May 2026