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Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5:1
Psalm 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a, 6-7
Luke 11:29-32
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Our Lady of Conceição Aparecida, Patron Saint of Brazil
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What Does the Catechism Say?

Points of Catholic Doctrine discussed in the Catechism

Authentic and Faithful Witness

Authentic and Faithful Witness

Editorial team
This paragraph leads us to reflect on an essential point in the life of the Church: apostolic successes are not based on techniques, strategies, or human talents, but rather on the effects of grace in …
01, October 2026
Lay Participation in Christ’s Prophetic Office

Lay Participation in Christ’s Prophetic Office

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In this paragraph, the Catechism teaches that the Saviour exercises His prophetic mission not only through ordained ministers, but also through the laity, who, through Baptism, are incorporated into Our Lord and participate in His …
01, August 2026
Adulation: Is it a Sin?

Adulation: Is it a Sin?

Editorial team
The excerpt from the Catechism points to three interconnected sins: flattery, adulation, and complaisance. It focuses on the second, whose meaning is “seduction through false praise.”1 Its Latin etymology, adulari, goes back to the act …
01, July 2026
How to Honour the Holy Eucharist?

How to Honour the Holy Eucharist?

Editorial team
This paragraph from the Catechism urges us to prepare ourselves adequately for receiving the Holy Eucharist, highlighting three important aspects. Firstly, as Pius XII recalls in the Apostolic Constitution Christus Dominus, it was customary since …
01, June 2026
The Predestination of the Mother of God and Ours

The Predestination of the Mother of God and Ours

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This paragraph of the Catechism, entitled The Predestination of Mary, presents a series of biblical Marian attributes, focusing on the privilege of her Divine Motherhood. Of the four Marian dogmas – Perpetual Virginity, the Immaculate …
01, May 2026
Fidelity to the Lay Vocation

Fidelity to the Lay Vocation

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The teachings in this paragraph, a true compendium of the lay vocation, correspond to number 31 of the Constitution Lumen Gentium of the Second Vatican Council. In it we read the three main theological topics …
01, April 2026
Do We Need to Ask for Graces?

Do We Need to Ask for Graces?

Editorial team
Paragraph 2010 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church highlights three relevant theological aspects regarding grace. In the first place, it emphasizes the importance of ardently seeking it because, being a gift from God, it …
01, March 2026
Jesus Christ Alive on Earth

Jesus Christ Alive on Earth

Editorial team
§1120. The saving mission entrusted by the Father to His incarnate Son was committed to the Apostles and through them to their successors: they receive the Spirit of Jesus to act in His name and …
30, November 2025
God’s Voice Still Makes Itself Heard!

God’s Voice Still Makes Itself Heard!

Editorial team
§104 In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, “but as what it really is, the word of God.” “In the Sacred …
31, August 2025

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