HGM206 - December 2024

Precursor in the Fight against Heresy

St. John the Evangelist was one of the first fighters against the heresy emergent in his time, regarding the relationship between the human and...

Reconciling the Smallest with the Supreme

Imagine a beautiful, quiet chapel. The soft light passing through the multicoloured stained-glass window, warm and welcoming, seems to be enriched by the sublime...

A Tale of Trust and Abandonment

One of the fundamentals of the Little Way taught by St. Therese of the Child Jesus is the child-like abandonment and love that we...

Church and World Events

Procession attracts millions of Brazilians This year’s Círio de Nazaré procession, one of Brazil’s most important religious events, drew over two million devotees from all...

Serene, Solicitous and Motherly!

Many of Dona Lucilia’s devotees attest to the fact that, in moments of trial or anguish, invoking the presence of this kind lady often...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – A Musician Called to Be an Angel

August 13, 1792. The sun had already set when the old cart drove up to the gates of the building that had once been...

St. Nicholas of Bari – The Famous Unknown

A person whom everyone recognizes, appreciates, speaks of and yet nobody – or almost nobody – really knows who he was. St. Nicholas of...

The Wondrous Fragrance of Christmas

Nothing could be more opportune, on the occasion of Christmas, than for us to comment on the advent of the Incarnate Word into the...

Notre-Dame de Paris – A Cathedral of Perfect Beauty, the Joy of All the Earth

April 15, 2019. On that Monday of Holy Week, the whole world stopped, stunned, to watch the fire that devoured the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral...

Our Lady of Guadalupe – Empress of the Americas

For the first twelve Franciscan apostles who, at the request of Hernán Cortés, arrived in Mexico from Spain in the 16th century, it was...

He Came to Save Sinners…

Gospel of the Nativity of the Lord – Vigil Mass 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of...

The Sublime Glory of God Shines

“You are my son, this day I have begotten you” – with this passage from Psalm 2, the Church begins the Liturgy of this...