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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Sublime Intimacy Between Child and Mother

The invocation of Our Lady of Good Counsel may appear, at first sight, not to bear much relation to the fresco. The latter portrays a Queen of a small Balkan country, which can be perceived in the figure, the ornaments, and above all in the distinctly eastern traits, with her …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2021

Dona Lucilia

Under the Protection of a Heavenly Mother

She fell asleep in the Lord on the morning of April 21, 1968, while making a serene and majestic Sign of the Cross. Now her mission in eternal life is to make the goodness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus more tangible to men. The help that this noble and …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, March 2021

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide

Guatemala – On February 22, the 20th anniversary of the Heralds’ Pontifical Approval, a group of cooperators renewed their commitment during a Mass celebrated in the Formation Centre located in San José Pinula. The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was crowned before the Celebration. Spain – Every month …
Editorial team - 31, March 2021

The Voice of the Popes

Ambassadors of Christ or of the World?

Having wrought the Redemption of the human race by His death on the altar of the Cross, it was the desire of Jesus Christ to lead men to obey His commands and thus win eternal life. To this end, He used no other means than the voice of His heralds …
Pope Benedict XV - 31, March 2021

Back Cover

Vibrant and Chaste Joys

The Holy Church makes use of the vibrant and chaste joys of Easter to make shine before our eyes, even amidst the sadness of the contemporary situation, the triumphal certainty that God is the supreme Lord of all things. Christ is the King of glory, who overcame death and defeated …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, March 2021

Diverse

An Unmistakably Portuguese Easter!
It is Easter day. You can hear the pealing of the bells from the top of the church steeples and the vibrant echo of the hand bells announcing the Lord’s Resurrection. Among the various customs by which the different peoples celebrate Easter, a Portuguese tradition known as the Easter Compasso …
Sr. Maria Susana Moreira - 31, March 2021

The Fall of Symbolic Buildings: Harbinger of New Eras?
Humanity has been constructing for millennia. In fact, it is hard to pinpoint the origin of architecture, since buildings have always been an essential part of human life. From the most elementary and rustic monuments of prehistoric peoples to the colossal Egyptian pyramids – royal tombs housing the mummies of …
João Paulo Bueno - 31, March 2021

Teachers Who Help Us See and Hear the Supernatural
Guardian Angel - Basilica of Our Lady of Buenos Aires (Argentina) What must be the experience of someone who has never had the sense of sight? Or of a person whose ear has never detected any sound and who, as a consequence, is not able to communicate fluently with others? …
Sr. Cecília Grasielle Leverman - 31, March 2021

“Give Me Courage, Strength and Faith”
It was July 27, 1942. An elite unit of the French army was venturing onto the burning desert sands. Their target? A German air base in Egypt. Amidst machine gun fire and the bombardment of the German Stukas, one of the soldiers was wounded in the shoulder and abdomen. They …
Ney Henrique Meireles - 31, March 2021

Gospel Commentary

A King of Utmost Goodness
11 Jesus said: “I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, March 2021

Church and World Events

Church and World Events
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, before and after intervention by the political authorities The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Yining, on China’s western border, is to be destroyed as part of the “sinicization” policy promoted by President Xi Jinping, on the pretext that it is “too showy” and …
Editorial team - 31, March 2021

Lives of the Saints

St. Francis of Paola - For Him, Anything Was Possible
A curious event was stirring the town of Paola that night. The inhabitants, gathered around a peasant’ home, were anxiously watching something that was happening there. Giacomo, the owner of the house, noticing the commotion outside his door, came out to see what was happening and was amazed to discover …
Daniel Vinicius Almeida - 31, March 2021

Inside Front Cover

From His Wounds Issued Flames as of Fire
St. Gemma Galgani photographed at the age of 21 On the 8th of June, after Communion, Jesus told me that He would give me a very great grace that evening. I went to Confession on that same day, and I told Monsignor about it. He bid me to be very …
St. Gemma Galgani - 31, March 2021

Editorial

Counsels
The Blessed Trinity may be compared to a council, that is, to the harmony of the Divine Persons who contemplate one another, live and act towards the supreme end. Being intimately diffusive, the Supreme Good desired to extend His goodness to the utmost, thus sending His own Son into the …
Editorial team - 31, March 2021

Story for Children

A Bird from Paradise
Long ago, in a village nestled in the foothills of the Great Ararat – the legendary mountain where Noah’s Ark is said to lie hidden among ice and rock – there lived three boys: Vartan, Narek and Tabel. United by their Catholic Faith, they were inseparable friends. One Sunday morning, …
Valeria Chaves - 31, March 2021

Concluding Pages

Like a Tree Felled by the Storm
Someone once told me about a German engineer who, while exploring the Russian wilderness, came upon a gigantic pine tree lying across the mouth of a deep abyss. The tree, felled centuries earlier by a violent storm, had, with the passing of time, been transformed into solid stone. At that …
Sr. Ana Belén Espínola - 31, March 2021

Sections

Back Cover

The Saints of Each Day

St. Thomas Explains

Special

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Our Readers Ask

Dona Lucilia

Catholic truths

Catholic Spirituality

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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