Spiritual Father of boundless kindness and wisdom

Dr. Plinio during a conference on February 12, 1994

More than in his public life, it was in his private life that a unique aspect of Dr. Plinio’s greatness was manifested. His boundless kindness and profound wisdom, combined with countless other qualities, made him the best of fathers.

Wise Advice for Attaining Holiness

Dr. Plinio during a conference in 1991

When he wrote a memorandum on the spiritual life around 1940, Dr. Plinio made some useful comments which, far from being mere abstract rules, are the result of his own experiences in the midst of his interior battles along the path to sanctity.

Love of Authority and the Priesthood

Dona Lucilia e Plinio em Águas da Prata (SP) Foto: Reprodução

The art of educating involves instilling a love for authority in a child. By her example and words, Dona Lucilia taught her children to venerate what was superior to them, especially souls consecrated to God.

The Perfect Priest

Celebração Eucarística na Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Caieiras (SP) Foto: Leandro Souza

From the expulsion from Paradise until the coming of the Redeemer, humanity glimpsed in imperfect figures the Absolute Pontiff, in whose power of mediation all the priests of the New Law would participate.

Abyss of All Virtues – Sacred Heart of Jesus

Foto: Thomas Hummel (CC by sa 4.0)

To be true devotees of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is not enough to know and love only one of His aspects; it is necessary to have a vision of the whole range of virtues that His Heart represents.

Converted by the Beauty of the Church

Foto: Reprodução

The conversion process, at once sublime and spectacular, of a great French writer demonstrates the perpetuity and power of the graces emanating from the Holy Church, capable of attracting souls to sanctity.

God’s Chosen Ones

Foto: Francisco Lecaros

Those who suffer persecution for the sake of justice may undergo times of aridity and terrible trial, but they are continually sustained, preserving an interior happiness that is worth more than all earthly joys.