HGM216 - October 2025

Let Us Be Her Intimate Children!

Contemplating the image of the Mother of Good Counsel and seeing the Child Jesus so well-protected and holding fast to her so tightly, I...

Affinity

Portrayed by their contemporaries, the facial features of the two men illustrated on these pages – who, without ever having met one another, were...

The Patriarch Abraham – Confidence Against All Hope

“Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of...

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Is Alive!

It is inherent to the human spirit to seek the unum of things, that is, the intelligence strives to reach a point that defines...

Expiatory Victim – The Triumph Obtained by Blood

Expiatory victim: the concept at the centre of this article is so foreign to any contemporary reality that it does not seem superfluous to...

Roman Catholic and Apostolic Man – Boundless Love of the Holy Church

More, much more and always more, breaking all limits, surpassing with such exuberance the “normality” of the facts, that his surrender, his restitution and...

Son and Slave of the Blessed Virgin – The World for Mary: the Apex of Devotion

“If I had met St. Louis Grignion de Montfort five minutes before his death,” Dr. Plinio once said, “I would have knelt down, kissed his...

Spiritual Father – Wisdom Embodied in People

In the gardens of the Academy, comfortably seated and reflective, master and disciple still seem to be meditating: Socrates, his chin supported in his...

Plinian School of Thought – Wisdom and Greatness within Reach of the Little Ones

If the greatness of a man were measured solely by the volume of his works, we would already have ample reason to consider Dr....

Prophetic charism – A Prophet for Our Days

When we turn our attention to the events of the Old Testament, we are struck by the grandeur of the prophetic mission. Moses divides...

Brief Biographical Notes – The Story of a Constant “Yes”

Few in history have shone as brightly for their audacity as the giant St. Paul. One need only read some of his letters, or the...

Do I Consider Myself Just?

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 26 This Sunday’s Gospel presents us with the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, which Our...