HGM211 - May 2025

Efficacious Channel of the Holy Spirit

In the episode of the Visitation, we can contemplate the Blessed Virgin from an angle which, although of capital importance for understanding the mission...

Manipulated Morality?

In the days of yesteryear, we became accustomed to the fact that computers were gradually managing to imitate everything we possessed: they copied our...

Did You Know…

…that ”Gregorian Masses” are celebrated for the dead? When a loved one passes away, we often hear the comment: “At least they will not suffer...

Like the Palm Tree, They Will Flourish!

Like a fortress, the palm tree stands tall, defying the skies, winds and storms. Nothing seems capable of holding it back in its ascension,...

Final Acts of Piety

To break the monotony of each day following the same routine as the last, Dr. Plinio took his mother from time to time for a...

St. John Houghton – For the Holy Church, I Am Ready to Suffer

“Look, Margaret!” From a barred window in the Tower of London, Sir Thomas More called to his daughter to witness the scene: five priests...

Are We All Priests?

Catechism of the Catholic Church §§ 1591-1592 The whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the faithful share in the priesthood of Christ....

Fr. Walter Joseph Ciszek, SJ – Complete Surrender to the Divine Will

We know that the journey of human life is not made up solely or even mostly of joys and pleasures, but that it is...

Does the Mass of a Bad Priest Have Any Value?

We could translate the title above into a simpler formulation: does a good cannon work in the hands of a bad soldier? Or: what...

Judas Maccabeus’ Purification of the Altar – For the Sake of the Altar

In his first epistle, St. John says that “There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood” (5:8). And each of them...

Between Human Vulnerability and Divine Strength

When I was still small, I perceived, perhaps through discernment of spirits, something sublime and beautiful, but did not know how to put it...

The Priesthood, Before and After Christ

One of the most contrasting scenes in the Bible became the backdrop for the institution of the priesthood. Moses had spent forty days with...