Concluding Pages

“Pay Attention!”

Is there a voice on earth more booming than the bass, deeper than the abysses, more solemn than the requiems sung by the Holy...

An Open-Arms Invitation

Anyone who studies history, and specifically the history of the Church, learns about the countless struggles for the Faith that have been waged over...

Illuminated Cross, Crucified Light

Tradition has coined the saying “Per crucem ad lucem – Through the cross to the light,” to denote that through our daily labours and...

The Watchtower

In a sky that seems forever blue, the sun shines down with all its brilliance upon the placid waves of the sea, which sparkle...

Patroness of the Armada

“Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor cæli, Virgo puerpera, singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, carmelitis da privilegia, stella maris – Flower of Carmel, blossoming...

Plinio and the Heart of Jesus

Located in the city of São Paulo, in the neighbourhood of Campos Elíseos, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Shrine is worthy of special mention...

My Mother, Help Me to Fly!

“Ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you” (Jb 12:7). If a bird could speak,...

The “Quadrinho” of Dona Lucilia – Ineffable Presence

There are certain places on earth which, by a mysterious design of Providence, have been indelibly marked by people. Visitors who pass by them...

St. Joseph’s Legacy

Prince of the House of David and safeguard of all the divine promises made over millennia… Yet how simply the virginal father of the...

Mirrors of Jesus Christ

There was never a more terrible and relentless outburst of intolerance against the Catholic Faith than that suffered by the burgeoning Church in Japan. Shortly...

What Colour Is the Sky?

Faced with the apparent banality of the initial question, the most intuitive answer would certainly be “blue”. In fact, the name of this colour...

In Defence of the Immaculata!

It is night in Seville. The city is passionately engaged in the most stirring hours of its world-famous Holy Week: La Madrugá, that is,...