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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 14, nº 158, December 2020

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 14, nº 158, December 2020

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Fond Christmas Memories

Dr. Plinio venerates the Child Jesus of the Nativity scene during the 1980s Perhaps nothing else in my childhood fills me with such longings as does the grace of Christmas. Everything most marvellous for me at that age became, in my memory, embodied by this feast. The joy of Christmas! …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2020

Dona Lucilia

Synthesis of Kindness and Unbreakable Firmness

Discernment of psychologies was one of the many gifts with which Providence endowed Dona Lucilia for the perfect fulfilment of her mission as mother and educator. She similarly knew how to discern among the friends of Dr. Plinio, who were the true ones, from the occasional one that was not. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2020

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide

Nova Friburgo (RJ State) – On October 13, a thanksgiving Mass was offered for the second anniversary of the dedication of Our Lady of Fatima Oratory, adjacent to the Heralds’ house. Diocesan Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci was the celebrant, with priests and deacons of the Clerical Society Virgo Flos …
Editorial team - 30, November 2020

The Voice of the Popes

Conceived Without Sin!

From all eternity ineffable God chose and prepared for His Only-begotten Son a Mother in whom the Son of God would become incarnate and from whom, in the blessed fullness of time, He would be born into this world. Above all creatures God did so love Her that the Father …
Pope Bl. Pius IX - 30, November 2020

Back Cover

Wonderful Counsellor

He did not yet speak, but He was the wonderful Counsellor; he did not walk, but was the mighty God who moved the universe; presenting Himself as defenceless before men, He was the Son of the Eternal Father, the Prince who would establish peace in the world. In the above …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2020

Diverse

The Perfect Praise of the Liturgy at the Altar
From the earliest times of history, man has sought to peer into a world shrouded in mystery, where a Divinity worthy of reverence would be found. They felt the need to worship God, but they did so imperfectly, for they sought the Creator by trying to “feel after Him” (Acts …
Max Streit - 30, November 2020

A Spectator of History, the Scene of Sorrows and Glories
When Jesus offered himself to His own at supper on Holy Thursday and the inhabitants of Heaven descended to earth to watch in amazement at the institution of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the pledge of the Resurrection, I did not yet exist, although I was being conceived in the …
Fábio Henrique Costa - 30, November 2020

Divine Humility Manifested on the Night of the Nativity
Both Advent and Christmas remind us of the sublime and divine event of God incarnate who made himself small to save us. In the sublime fact of the Incarnation, we contemplate first of all the humble condition of the human being; a fragile and contingent being. Contemplating the Incarnation, we …
Card. Raymundo Damasceno Assis - 30, November 2020

The Story of the Maccabees: an Example of Fidelity!
The story of the Maccabees is, without a doubt, among the most beautiful in the Holy Scriptures! The trajectory of these men and women who fought in Judea was distinguished by their witness of an adamantine love for the Law of God, of an outstanding fidelity to His Holy Name …
Gabriel Ferreira - 30, November 2020

St. Nicholas or Santa Claus?
“Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright; Round yon Virgin Mother and Child! Holy Infant, so tender and mild...” After the carols that characterize the long-awaited Christmas Eve, so full of wonder for innocent souls, and in the midst of the atmosphere of kindness and expectation that …
Sr. Antonella Ochipinti - 30, November 2020

Gospel Commentary

Hierarchy or Equality?
22 When the days were completed for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord, 23 just as it is written in the Law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2020

Church and World Events

Church and World Events
According to reports by Gaudium Press agency, some countries have experienced a significant increase in the number of religious vocations during the pandemic. An example of this is the convent of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Harbor, Michigan, where eighteen new postulants were accepted. …
Editorial team - 30, November 2020

Lives of the Saints

St. Odile of Alsace - Blind to Herself, an Eagle for God
The souls who beheld the Saints of the High Middle Ages, whose supernatural sights were far more penetrating than ours, lived immersed in faith. The spiritual and the earthly were intermingled harmoniously in their hearts, giving rise to stories of marvellous events, but whose concrete details could at times be …
Sr. Marcela Beorlegui - 30, November 2020

Inside Front Cover

A Celestial and Divine Man
I found it amusing, my daughter, to see how you complain without cause, for you have there my Father Friar John of the Cross, who is a celestial and divine man; for I tell you, my daughter, I have not found in all of Castile another like him, who inspires …
St. Teresa of Jesus - 30, November 2020

Editorial

Christmas Yesterday, Today and Forever
Within the Most Holy Trinity Christmas has always existed, for the Word of God is eternal. By Him all things were made in six days (cf. Jn 1:1-3), and it was on His account that the Most High determined that the last day of creation be dedicated to Him alone: …
Editorial team - 30, November 2020

Story for Children

Innocent Hearts... Like Mine!
It was a terrible storm with enormous, violent waves. The main mast of the ship swayed from side to side and little Johnny, even though aided by Philip and Matthew, could scarcely hold fast to the cords of the sails. It looked as if that the ship would surely sink, …
Sr. Ana Belén Espínola - 30, November 2020

Concluding Pages

A Symbolic Sweet
With carols, colours, lights, decorations and delicacies, December commemorates the most awaited celebration of the whole year! Even if the preceding months have passed by without great signs of devotion or faith, special graces knock on the door at this time of year. In homes of both the poor and …
Sr. Letícia de Sousa - 30, November 2020

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The Saints of Each Day

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Our Readers Ask

Dona Lucilia

Catholic truths

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Heralds Worldwide

Splendours of Christian Civilization

Nova et Vetera

Mary, God’s Paradise

A Prophet for Our Times

The Voice of the Popes

Diverse

Gospel Commentary

Testimonials

Arautos no Mundo-MONT

The Sunday Liturgy

Dona Lucilia-MONT

Biblical Teachings

Tendencies and Mentalities

Church and World Events

Issues

History – Life’s Teacher

Lives of the Saints

Inside Front Cover

Editorial

Story for Children

Concluding Pages

Did You Know…

The Power of Example

Theme of the Month

Treasures of Msgr. João

What Does the Catechism Say?
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