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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 169, November 2021

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 169, November 2021

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Reflection of God in Temporal Society

H uman society is made up of what the Church calls the spiritual order and the temporal order. The first directly concerns the supernatural and the salvation of souls. The second concerns earthly life, and its purpose is to serve the Church, and therefore the spiritual order, in such a …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2021

Dona Lucilia

Constant Manifestation of Divine Goodness

Dona Lucilia’s intercession has been a beacon for numerous souls who are floundering on the stormy sea of life. Thanks to her inestimable aid and affectionate protection, many of her devotees can more easily understand that for God nothing is impossible. Indeed, she who knew how to draw from the …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, October 2021

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide

[gallery td_gallery_title_input="Asuncion (Paraguay)" link="file" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="medium" ids="11800,11801"] Asuncion (Paraguay) – The Heralds of the Gospel participated in the transfer of the statue of Our Lady of the Assumption, Patroness of Paraguay and Marshal of the nation’s army, which took place on August 6. The procession, presided over by Metropolitan Archbishop …
Editorial team - 31, October 2021

The Voice of the Popes

The Catholic Church, Source of True Civilization

The Church, even in preaching Jesus Christ crucified, stumbling block and folly to the world (cf. 1 Cor 1:23), has become the foremost leader and protector of civilization. She propagated it wherever her apostles preached. She preserved and perfected the good elements of the ancient pagan civilizations, disentangling from barbarism …
Pope St. Pius X - 31, October 2021

Back Cover

I Want to Live and Die on the Cross!

Holy Cross, supreme treasure which Jesus reserves for His Heart's elects. I desire to live with you and die with you, like the Bridegroom whom I love. Yes, I want to live and die on the Cross! My love, “let me suffer or die.” In the featured photo: St. Elizabeth …
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity - 31, October 2021

Diverse

Gonzalo Fernandes de Córdoba - The Great Captain
Many figures have shone in history for their dedication, bravery and fidelity. These virtues, however, take on a special lustre in those who succeeded in practising them amid tremendous setbacks, dangers and sufferings. These lines will be dedicated to recounting how one intrepid hero faced just such obstacles. Born in …
José Manuel Gómez - 31, October 2021

Instrument of Edification or Destruction!
Considered within the whole of creation, man is like a mysterious “treasure chest” in which God has deposited the most diverse and precious gifts. One of these, particularly special, is the word. Perhaps in our daily life we seldom consider its importance, and we use it continually without much reflection. …
Sr. Cecília Grasielle Leverman - 31, October 2021

David and Jonathan - One Friendship, One Covenant, One Kingdom
The birth of a new institution sheds light on its future, for the germinative force of every work holds an indication as to its development or stagnation in the future. Everything depends on the first impetus. Moreover, when two providential men are linked together in this unfolding, the union between …
Javier Antonio Vásquez - 31, October 2021

Christian Society: A Utopia or a Viable Ideal?
“My Kingdom is not of this world” (Jn 18:36), the Lord said to Pilate. Yet the mandate that He gave to His Church to evangelize is aimed at implanting this spiritual Kingdom in the whole world and, in order to favour this outcome to the greatest degree, imbuing temporal society …
Fr. Rafael Schindler, EP - 31, October 2021

Should the Church Keep Up with the Times?
In His first instructions after the Resurrection, Our Lord sent the Apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and commanded them to teach all nations to observe what He had prescribed for them (cf. Mt 28:19-20). However, even before the Passion, the …
Fr. Fernando Néstor Gioia, EP - 31, October 2021

Gospel Commentary

The Loftiest Horizon
Jesus said to His disciples: 24 “In those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then they will see …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, October 2021

Church and World Events

Church and World Events
On the feast of the Nativity of Mary, the centennial of the crowning of the Virgin of Meritxell, Patroness of Andorra, was celebrated. Andorra is a tiny country located in the Pyrenees, between Spain and France. On the occasion, the Archbishop of Urgel, Joan-Enric Vives, recalled the protection of Our …
Editorial team - 31, October 2021

Lives of the Saints

St. Edmund - King, Virgin and Martyr!
On England’s east coast, against the blue backdrop of the sea, towered a castle, King Edmund’s refuge in his moments of meditation and seclusion. This palace and its surroundings – later called Maidenboure, that is, the home of the virgin king in the old Saxon language – were an image …
Sr. Adriana María Sánchez - 31, October 2021

Inside Front Cover

Channel of My Mellifluous Heart
on one occasion, the Lord Jesus appeared to Gertrude and asked for her heart: “My beloved, give Me your heart.” She offered it joyfully and it seemed to her as if the Lord placed it against His own divine Heart, drawing it out like a channel reaching down to the …
St. Gertrude of Helfta - 31, October 2021

Editorial

“Father, Is This Heaven?”
F rom amidst the ruins of the once invincible Roman Empire, a light flickered in the shadows of nightfall. On Christmas Eve of 498, Clovis, King of the Franks, was preparing to receive Baptism. Seeing the sublimity of the sacred precinct, the awe-struck monarch asked the holy Bishop Remigius, “Father, …
Editorial team - 31, October 2021

Story for Children

God Surpasses All Our Hopes!
In the beautiful lands of France, near the River Seine, a curious conversation can be heard among the many melodies of nature: “How lovely it is to be here on the riverbank! There are no difficulties and complications to worry about; the shade is pleasant and the breeze is cool... …
Alexis Lourdes Rodrigues - 31, October 2021

Concluding Pages

Light of Hope in the Resurrection
Cemeteries, often gloomy and unwelcoming, take on a special colour on All Souls’ Day in Poland, owing to an ancient Catholic tradition. On this date, the Polish people customarily visit the sites where the bodies of their ancestors lie in order to pay them their respects, and, above all, to …
Karolinne Kaufmann - 31, October 2021

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

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Nova et Vetera

Mary, God’s Paradise

A Prophet for Our Times

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Diverse

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Arautos no Mundo-MONT

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Dona Lucilia-MONT

Biblical Teachings

Tendencies and Mentalities

Church and World Events

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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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