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Elizabete Fátima Astorino - Heralds Magazine

Assistance in Any Situation

The more we learn of the countless favours that Dona Lucilia obtains for those who have recourse to her intercession, the more clearly is the certainty formed in our minds that she is, in fact, an instrument of God to help all those who still struggle in this valley of …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, April 2022

A Solicitous and Generous Mother

There are trials that hit us like “a bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky” – a well-known expression that attests to how setbacks can visit our lives without any prior warning. Furthermore, few people nowadays think about this possibility, despite its being very likely, almost inevitable… Dona …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, May 2025

Dona Lucilia, Help Me!

Nothing foreshadowed the tremendous blow that Pamela Balda’s family would suffer that Thursday afternoon, on May 30, 2024. In the house where she lives with her parents and sister in Guayaquil, Ecuador, daily activities were going on as normal when, at around 1pm, her mother, Anita Mariela Desiderio Hinostroza, was …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, March 2025

Dona Lucilia Is Truly Beside Me!

In the gentleness of a smile or in a discreet intervention; as a friendly hand that reassures or a strong arm that supports; by a simple inner inspiration that is tantamount to salutary advice… In short, Dona Lucilia’s maternal help is felt in many different ways even by people who …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, January 2025

Serene, Solicitous and Motherly!

Many of Dona Lucilia’s devotees attest to the fact that, in moments of trial or anguish, invoking the presence of this kind lady often brings calm, healing, and remedy; in short, it spreads salutary rays of light in the midst of the dark storms of this life. Dona Lucilia knows …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, November 2024

It Is Easy to Confide in Dona Lucilia!

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God. […] What is impossible with men is possible with God” (Lk 18:25, 27), declared the Divine Master. Today’s world preaches a different doctrine. Analysing facts …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, September 2024

Kind Protection in Every Need

More than simply helping with difficulties or solving some intricate problem, Dona Lucilia’s maternal action in benefit of those who come to her for help is something much deeper and more effective than what might appear at first glance. In fact, the truly Catholic mother is not one who teaches …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, April 2024

Aided by a Mother

We sometimes tend to think that, in order to be answered in prayer, we must formulate long and elaborate requests. However, the Saviour’s teaching is quite different: “And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, May 2023

Boundless Maternal Solicitude

“Never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.” These words from the Memorare could also be applied to a great devotee of Our Lady like Dona Lucilia, always ready to maternally welcome those who come to take …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, June 2022

The Reward for Having Faith

“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth” (Gn 1:28), the Lord preached to our first parents, certifying that the generation of offspring is the main objective of the institution of marriage. For this reason, we can well imagine how hard it is for a God-fearing couple to be deprived …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 28, February 2022

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