Das heilige Grabtuch: Ablehnung und Abscheu vor der begangenen Sünde

 von Plinio Correa de Oliveira Wenn ich das heilige Grabtuch betrachte, bin ich beeindruckt von der Ablehnung und Abscheu dessen, was ihm nahesteht. Unser Herr betrachtet sich selbst, blickt auf den Ewigen Vater und weiß, dass zu seinen Füßen Seine heiligste Mutter ist – cor unum et anima una. Im Gegenteil, ich sehe in diesen geschlossenen Augen […]

Idealism, Nobility of Soul, XI – The Idealist May Be Persecuted

St. Stephen’s martyrdom When they are great, the sufferings of the soul, compared to great bodily sufferings, are even more dire. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira [June 2, 1975]   In This Chapter “If someone is being persecuted it is because he is being rejected. If he is being rejected, there must be something to it…” […]

Idealism, Nobility of Soul, IX – The Narrow Village of Egocentrism

One hears the sound of cadenced steps towards the trough under the cloak of shame. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira [On 10/20/74]   St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) was a Franciscan friar who volunteered to starve to death in place of a father in a Nazi concentration camp   In This Chapter Egocentrism is the obsession of […]

Idealism, Nobility of Soul, VIII – Money Is No Obstacle

Enthusiastic and heroic dynamism can only be expected of men stimulated by a legitimate desire for profit and considerable ascension. [Folha de S. Paulo, Nov. 28, 1971] Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira     St. Mary Magdalene wept at Our Lord’s feet and washed them with precious oils and her tears of repentance for her past […]

The Way of the Cross

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira       First Station Jesus Is Condemned to Death * We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. – Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. The judge who committed the most monstrous professional crime in all history was not impelled to do so by […]

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