HGM207 - January 2025

Inexhaustible and Transforming Mercy

Our Lady is present in the uninterrupted struggle that each man wages against his defects, to acquire greater virtues. And even if we do...

The Mentality of Jesus, the Origin of Holy Tendencies

Our Lord Jesus Christ’s passage on this earth produced the greatest explosion in history – in the supernatural sphere of grace and salvation, no...

Did You Know…

…why there are holy water fonts at the entrance of the churches? The refreshing contact of fingertips with holy water, followed by the superior spiritual...

Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis – Chosen by God, Esteemed by Men

Abbot of Saint-Denis, royal ambassador to pontifical courts, prime minister and counsellor to King Louis VI and regent of France during the Second Crusade…...

Lucilian Piety

One of Lucilia’s favourite places to practise her piety toward the Mother of God was the Luz Convent in São Paulo. She had visited...

St. Timothy – A Biography Written by God Himself

There are two kinds of biography that make history captivating: first, that of illustrious, famous figures, the heroes charging at full gallop in the...

The Unimaginable and the Dream Meet

When there is a society – that is, an entire social body – that lives in unison, artists appear who, imbued with the same...

Anne of St. Bartholomew and the Power of Prayer – An Elite Troop for the Church

“Tell me, who is the first captain of the age?” a noble lady asked Maurice of Nassau.1 “Spinola is the second!” he replied proudly, thereby...

When I get distracted, does my prayer lose its value?

According to St. Thomas Aquinas (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.1-2), prayer consists in the elevation of our mind to God, inflamed by devotion...

The Strength of Men… and the Weakness of God!

It was late at night in the Corrêa de Oliveira residence. Dona Lucilia, however, was far from retiring. Surrounded by the silence and calm...

The “Methodology” of Prayer – How to Ask and Be Answered?

Various of life’s circumstances could be described as universal, in the sense that all people – rich or poor, educated or illiterate, well-mannered or...

I Already Go to Mass… Do I Really Need to Pray?

Catechism of the Catholic Church § 2655 The mission of Christ and of the Holy Spirit is continued in the heart that prays. The...