The Sunday Liturgy

How to Rid Ourselves of Impenitence and Pride

4th Sunday of Lent (Lætare Sunday) The prodigal son sinned gravely against God and against his father. Not even the sincere movement of his conversion...

“Unless you repent you will likewise perish”

3rd Sunday of Lent It was a general belief among the Hebrew people that any misfortune befalling someone was due either to their own sins...

How Do We Find the Light in a World of Darkness?

2nd Sunday of Lent The technological advances of the last few decades have revealed to man the existence of formerly unsuspected realities. Today we know...

Lent: A Time of Renewal through Struggle

1st Sunday of Lent The Lenten season is a time when the Church, very maternally, calls all her members to spiritual renewal. And the first...

There Are No Half-Truths in the Heart of a Good Man

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time In a world full of moral and doctrinal relativism, the truth is disappearing from the human horizon, and men sometimes...

Pardoning Is the Work of a Giant

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel, to be read together with St. Matthew’s (cf. Mt 5:38-48), invites us to have the soul of a giant...

Trust in God or Trust in Man?

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time This Sunday’s Liturgy is like a double-edged sword. The first reading, taken from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, is...

Humanity Failed Because it Strove without God

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time The world, with all its institutions, seems to be dominated by evil – called the Revolution by Dr. Plinio Corrêa...

The Eyes of Faith and the Sorrowful Way

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord God’s works are grandiose and proclaim His glory. However, mediocre man does not perceive behind these marvels the...

“The Law of the Lord God is perfect”… and Unchanging

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Some non-Catholic theologians and philosophers – and even some who call themselves Catholics – claim that God could have formulated...

A Prophecy Laden with Hope

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The episode of the Wedding Feast at Cana emphasizes the intercessory power of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, who with...

Through Baptism, We Produce Divine Fruit

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord When a graft is made – from a sweet orange to a lemon tree, for example – a...