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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 16, nº 181, November 2022

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira


The Authentic Manner of Exercising Authority

Command, understood in its strict sense, is the power of a person invested with religious or civil authority – whether military or merely administrative – that gives him the right to say to a subordinate: “Think in this way, because this is how one should think!”, “Act it in this …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, October 2022

Dona Lucilia


Immense Goodness and Compassion

Our readers now know countless cases of people who, in moments of affliction, asked for Dona Lucilia’s intercession before God and were heard. However, Carla Maria Gonçalves took the opposite route: she called on God, and He sent Dona Lucilia to help her! With compelling simplicity she tells us her …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, October 2022

Heralds Worldwide


Heralds Worldwide

[gallery td_gallery_title_input="Paraguay" link="file" td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="18291,18292,18293"] Paraguay – On August 6, the Heralds of the Gospel participated in the transfer of the statue of Our Lady of the Assumption, the national Patroness, from her oratory in the National Pantheon of Heroes, in Asunción, to the cathedral. On June 23, Senator Oscar …
Editorial team - 31, October 2022

The Voice of the Popes


Seed of Christ’s Kingdom on Earth

The eternal Father, by a free and hidden plan of His own wisdom and goodness, created the whole world, and chose to raise men to a participation in the divine life. He did not abandon men, fallen in Adam, but ceaselessly offered helps to salvation, in view of Christ, the …
Pope St. Paul VI - 31, October 2022

Back Cover


Charity Unites Us to God

Who can describe the bond of God’s charity? Who will be able to express the perfection of its beauty? Unspeakable is the height to which charity, our union with God, raises us. Charity covers a multitude of sins; charity bears all things, tolerates everything with patience. There is nothing foul …
Pope St. Clement of Rome - 31, October 2022

Diverse


The War of Canudos - From Defamation to Destruction

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” (Jn 15:19). How harsh these words of the Divine Master seem! Those who choose the path of …
Eduardo José Matos - 31, October 2022

The Most Beautiful Crowns of Christendom - More Than Just Jewels… A Link with Heaven!

The fascinating role of crowns, whose trajectory spans history, dates back to the dawn of civilization. From ancient times, the heads of the Roman Caesars were encircled with laurel wreaths, those of Germanic barbarians with precious metals and dazzling stones; and surpassing them all in grandeur and glory, the Son …
Sr. Diana Milena Devia Burbano - 31, October 2022

Straight Line of Fidelity

To undertake the task of writing a brief account of figures who have crossed the firmament of history like stars, at once agile, brilliant and enchanting, is no easy task; and to attempt to write something, whether brief or lengthy, about personalities who, as considered in the previous article, symbolize …
Fábio Henrique Costa - 31, October 2022

Elizabeth II of England - Humanity Bids Farewell to the Queen

Thursday September 8. The world learned, through the mainstream media, that Queen Elizabeth II had just passed away. Death is always cruel and painful, whatever the circumstances. Nevertheless, analysed from a purely material point of view – the only one that seems to have the right to exist in our …
Sr. Maria Beatriz Matos - 31, October 2022

Gospel Commentary


The Reign of Christ Is Irreversible

Gospel of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 35 The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, “He saved others, let Him save himself if He is the chosen one, the Christ of God.” 36 Even the soldiers jeered at Him. As they approached to offer …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, October 2022

Church and World Events


Church and World Events

A former archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of the Kharkiv-Poltava diocese, Ihor Isichenko, one of the country’s most eminent religious leaders, joined the Greek-Catholic Church of Ukraine in communion with Rome earlier this year. He was followed by a good number of his parishes, which now form part …
Editorial team - 31, October 2022

Lives of the Saints


St. Columban - “To this day the earth shines from his radiance”

Almost unknown to the European continent until the end of the fourth century, Ireland was profoundly Christianized after the evangelization began there by St. Patrick. The extraordinary flourishing of religious life in these lands earned it the nickname Isle of the Saints. From the beginning of the sixth century, countless …
Francisco de Assis Silveira - 31, October 2022

Inside Front Cover


The Most Superb Alliance of Heroism and Holiness

Sometimes at the vanguard of the troops, sometimes bringing up the rear, always wherever the risk was greatest, Nuno Álvares summed up within himself the genius, the soul, the very heart of a thousand men, which beat in time with his, driven serenely by faith. He was then twenty-five years …
J. P. Oliveira Martins - 31, October 2022

Editorial


The Immortality of the Counter-Revolution

St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that “to govern is to lead in a suitable way to the proper end” (De regno ad regem Cypri. L.I, c.15). All communities – families, cities and nations – have their own idiosyncrasies and, therefore, their own means of achieving the common good. All, however, must …
Editorial team - 31, October 2022

Story for Children


The Hopeless Monk

While the first rays of the sun glimmered on the horizon, the bell of the Benedictine monastery sounded. A new day of praise to Jesus had begun! Gradually windows and doors began to open, and the sun could extend its light and warmth to the interior of that blessed abode. …
Sr. Marcela Alejandra Ruiz - 31, October 2022

Concluding Pages


Humble Before Grandeur, Maternal with the Sinner

Amidst the many difficulties, problems and afflictions that surround us, how often do we seek some form of solace! However, in a world awash with turmoil and violence, where can we find consolation? “Voice of Christ, mysterious voice of grace that resounds in the silence of our souls, you murmur …
Carolina Zandoná - 31, October 2022
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