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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 168, October 2021

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira


The Devotion of the Holy Rosary - Masterpiece of Catholic Spirituality

To fully understand the value of devotion to the Holy Rosary, let us examine it more closely. After being given directly by Our Lady to St. Dominic of Guzman, devotion to the Rosary spread rapidly throughout the Church, going beyond the confines of the Dominican Order and becoming the hallmark …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2021

Dona Lucilia


The Choice of a Vocation in God’s Hands

As she approached the age of thirty, during long hours of quiet contemplation mingled with vocal prayer, the desire for the religious life became increasingly defined in Lucilia’s soul. However, even beyond her virtuous aspirations to the lofty and sublime was the determination to fulfil God’s will, even if this …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, September 2021

Heralds Worldwide


Heralds Worldwide

[gallery td_gallery_title_input="Peru" link="file" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="medium" ids="11403,11404"] Peru – At the invitation of the Operational Command of Ucayali, a Marian Mission was organized by the Heralds in the city of Pucallpa, in the Peruvian Amazon region. The Pilgrim Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary visited military bases of the Army, …
Editorial team - 30, September 2021

The Voice of the Popes


Queen of the Rosary, Virgin of Victories

T he supreme Apostolic office which we discharge and the exceedingly difficult condition of the present times, daily exhort and almost compel Us to watch all the more carefully over the integrity of the Church, the greater the calamities from which she suffers. […] To this end, We deem that …
Pope Leo XIII - 30, September 2021

Back Cover


Treasure of Meditation

I n this photograph at the age of eight, St. Therese is looking into a vague, undefined point, but with a kind of rapt, affectionate, respectful contemplation. In the final analysis, it is the look proper to a deeply contemplative spirit. Because her gaze has something which is difficult for …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, September 2021

Diverse


The Holy Rosary - Efficacious Weapon against God’s Enemies

For many, the Rosary may appear to be a subject about which nothing further remains to be said. It is a magnificent prayer, without a doubt. But could there be a single nook in this splendid palace which has not yet been thoroughly explored, mapped out and catalogued by the …
João Luís Ribeiro - 30, September 2021

Eucharistic Spirituality

Before all else, I wish to greet Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis. We were colleagues in Rome and have always maintained a friendship and collaboration. He did not invite me for this lecture, but ordered me! And I came with great joy. I also greet my brother bishops here present and …
Bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos - 30, September 2021

The Reform of the Incarnation, and St. Teresa’s Kitchen

Avila, 1562. After twenty-seven years of cloistered life in the Monastery of the Incarnation, Teresa of Jesus left the almost one hundred and eighty religious who had accompanied her in her first steps in her vocation, and set out on the greatest adventure of her life: the reform of the …
Sr. Diana Milena Devia Burbano - 30, September 2021

How to Discern a True Apostle of Jesus Christ

To be an apostle is not something exclusive to the early period of the Church, but rather a vocation that extends to all times and places. Otherwise, it would not be possible to fulfil the Divine Master’s command: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole …
João Felipe Trevisan - 30, September 2021

Gospel Commentary


Wisdom Grants Us the Treasures of Heaven

17 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18Jesus answered him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, September 2021

Church and World Events


Church and World Events

Nearly Forty Thousand Pilgrims Visit Częstochowa Despite the pandemic, and fulfilling all health regulations in force, sixty-three groups of pilgrims totalling almost forty thousand people visited the Marian Shrine of Częstochowa in Poland to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary last August 15. The Bishop of Radom, Most …
Editorial team - 30, September 2021

Lives of the Saints


St. Bruno - Father and Founder of the Carthusians

The deep contemplative spirit of the Carthusian Order, where time is measured by eternity, came to the fore in a way that was unique – but, in itself, prestigious for the Order – when the three-hour documentary, Into Great Silence, was released worldwide in 2005. Its producer had requested to …
Fr. Antonio Jakoš, EP - 30, September 2021

Inside Front Cover


Fragrance Rising to My Throne

St. Faustina Kowalska photographed in1929 One day in the novitiate, when the Novice Mistress sent me to work in the children’s kitchen, I was very worried, as I couldn’t manage with the cooking pots, because they were huge. The most difficult thing was draining the potatoes; sometimes I dropped half …
St. Faustina Kowalska - 30, September 2021

Editorial


To Obtain True Peace, Use the Best Weapon of War

When the Incarnation of the Word in the most pure womb of Mary was revealed to the Angels, Lucifer immediately rebelled, provoking the greatest battle in history: that fought between those who followed his cry of disobedience and the faithful army commanded by St. Michael. Cast into the abyss, the …
Editorial team - 30, September 2021

Story for Children


The Lioness’ Loss and the Tortoise’s Triumph

IIt is another day on the vast African savannah. The sky is a deep blue, the sun is blazing, and all the different animals are occupied in their normal activities. Some are mild-natured, and coexist peaceably with their neighbours. Others, however, are of a more aggressive temperament… It is dinnertime, …
Lorena Mello - 30, September 2021

Concluding Pages


Courage and Purity

The eternal, virginal snows of the Alps, which are constantly battered by icy winds, nobly crown the peaks of imposing rock formations. During the 19th century, perhaps driven by nostalgia for the epic spirit which shone so brightly in the Europe of bygone days, many young people set out to …
Santiago Rodríguez - 30, September 2021
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