Love of Authority and the Priesthood
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.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sacred Art
In the beginning, God created Heaven and earth and discerned that the whole was “very good” (Gn 1:31) or beautiful, according to a possible translation of the Greek text. In fact, the universe was shaped by the work of His fingers (cf. Ps 8:3) and He crowned it with “glory and honour” (Ps 8:5). The Creator’s masterpiece was […]
House of God and Gate of Heaven
Who, among the children of Adam, is free of defect? Physical flaws, moral shortcomings, character deficiencies… everyone is subject to some imperfection! Everyone, except Mary.
Let Us Learn from the Teachings of St. Thomas
The effort of the human mind – Aquinas reminds us with his own life – is always illumined by prayer, by the light that comes from on high. Only those who live with God and with His mysteries can also understand what they say to us.
The Perfect Priest
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.
Brief Biography of St. Thomas Aquinas – The Angelic Itinerary of a Man
The Dominican family has among its ranks a sun of incomparable grandeur. This star was to enrich the Church with the light of his teaching and, above all, with the ardour of his sanctity.
The Canticle of the Threefold Secret
With poetic flair and unsurpassable orthodoxy, St. Thomas Aquinas bequeathed to posterity, in a short antiphon, an explanation of the doctrine and ineffable mystery contained in the august Sacrament of Love.
St. Simon Stock – Isthmus between the Past and the Future
Illustrious member of the prophetic line headed by the prophet Elijah, he received the scapular of Carmel from Our Lady’s hands, inaugurating a period of glory for Marian devotion and for the Holy Church.
St. Thomas-the Great
Few historical personages have deserved the title the Great. Alexander received it for his military conquests and the expansion of the Macedonian Empire. Charlemagne, also called the father of Europe, was great because a new civilization was born of him and his Holy Roman-Germanic Empire. Others tried to so denominate themselves, like Napoleon Bonaparte, but […]
Like a Blind Man by the Roadside – Cry for Mercy
Those who recognize the darkness of their blindness and understand that they lack eternal light, should cry from the depth of their hearts like the blind man of Jericho: “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!”