The Transfiguration of Our Lord (August 6)
How the Transfiguration Can Teach Us to Love Our Lord’s Majesty and Mercy
The Martyrdom of the Carmelites of Compiègne: Fortitude and Bravery Facing the Revolution
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint of the Day, July 23, 1969 “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects it.” […]
Saint Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint of the Day, July 31, 1964 “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects it.” […]
Discovering the Wisdom of Saint Ignatius
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira An informal lecture on July 31, 1970 The Spiritual Exercises by Saint Ignatius of Loyola are often presented as a magnificent sequence of logical arguments that can lead a person to amend his life, save his soul, choose his state in life or make important resolutions. Saint Ignatius teaches us […]
St. Joachim (26th July) and Confidence
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira An informal lecture gave on August 15, 1963 (*) The Expulsion of St. Joachim from the Temple by Giotto The excerpts about Our Lady’s father, Saint Joachim, are taken from The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Gueranger, OSB. Joachim’s wealth, like that of the first patriarchs, consisted chiefly in flocks and […]
Blessed Charbel Makhlouf and Catholic Lebanon’s Medieval Charm
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Saint of the Day, Monday, January 31, 1972 “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects […]
The Aesthetics of the Universe and Consecration to Our Lady (in feast of Our Lady of Carmel, 16th July)
Consecration to Our Lady in our times
Nobility and Elites in the Post-industrial Society
Tradition, Family, Property – Quarterly Magazine – Summer 1994, Toronto, No. 8, pages 14-16 (*) Did the nomenklatura in the ex-USSR form an elite? Is it reasonable to speak about nobility in a country like the USA? See the answers below. Does it make sense to speak about nobility and elites 200 years after the […]
Saint Henry, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (13th July)
Saint of the Day, Wednesday, January 14, 1970 “A Roman and Apostolic Catholic, the author of this text submits himself with filial devotion to the traditional teaching of Holy Church. However, if by an oversight anything is found in it at variance with that teaching, he immediately and categorically rejects it.” The words “Revolution” and […]
The Certainty of the Chastisement Announced by Our Lady at Fatima
Lecture on April 3, 1970 (*) Something that history records and which the theology of history indicates as certain, is that the great disasters that fall upon peoples are punishments. This is a certain principle of the theology of history. When a nation suffers a major catastrophe, it is a punishment. This does not […]