My Place Is… Exactly My Place!
What would happen to a text in which some characters decided to leave their place to live “their own life”?
First Conquer; Then Fight!
The art of war, with its tactics and secrets, can be applied with great profit to the progress of our soul, ceaselessly contested between Heaven and hell… What is our role in this battle?
The Wondrous Fragrance of Christmas
Drawing from the private revelations of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich on Christmas Eve, Dr. Plinio delights in evoking the splendours, delicacies and aromas with which God the Father adorned the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wise Advice for Attaining Holiness
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.
A Blessed Nation
On the occasion of the closing of the Fourth National Eucharistic Congress, held in São Paulo in September 1942, Dr. Plinio delivered a greeting to the civil and military authorities present at the event. His words were a synthesis of the very high vocation of the Brazilian nation, called to be great by its faith.
Shield and Sword of the Church
Raised up by God to protect the Church against diabolical onslaughts, St. Michael the Archangel is the knight-archtype of the heavenly hosts, the paladin of divine designs.
Splendour, at the Crossroads of History…
The Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ brought humanity from a state of barbarism to a peak of splendour. A palace that characterizes this ascension, Versailles retains the particularities of the time in which it was built.
The Founder of an Era of Faith
Detaching himself from the great swamp that was Europe in his time, that young patrician repaired to a cave in Latium and there began a spiritual life from whose resplendence medieval Christendom would be born.
King and Centre of Hearts
When we turn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, let us bear in mind that He is the sovereign of all hearts and wants to draw humanity to himself for the establishment of His Reign on earth.
“Save Me, Holy Queen!”
An unfair grade at school led the young Plinio to alter his report card, much to the chagrin of his mother, Dona Lucilia. In the days leading up to the boy’s innocence being proven, he experienced great anguish, but he also received one of the greatest graces of his life. Do you, reader, not also experience difficult situations? Dr. Plinio’s story may help you…