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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 194, December 2023

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 194, December 2023

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Holy Intransigence: One Aspect of the Immaculate Conception

In the life of the Church, piety is the key issue. Piety properly understood – not the routine and sterile repetition of formulas and acts of worship, but true piety – which is a gift descended from Heaven, capable of regenerating and bringing souls, families, peoples and civilizations to God …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2023

Dona Lucilia

Discreet, Gentle and Maternal Action

To try to count the dewdrops that God sprinkles on the face of the earth during the night would be a futile undertaking… In fact, dew is nothing more than tiny drops of water, but at dawn each day it would be possible to fill a few barrels with this …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, November 2023

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide

On October 23th, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo State (Alesp) paid homage to Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, founder of the Heralds of the Gospel, awarding him the Medal of Honour for Merit, the highest decoration bestowed by the legislative house. The solemn ceremony took place in the Juscelino …
Editorial team - 30, November 2023

The Voice of the Popes

“A great portent appeared in Heaven”

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Every year the important Feast of Mary Immaculate invites us to meet here, in one of Rome’s most beautiful squares, to pay homage to her, the Mother of Christ and our Mother. […] Mary is portrayed, atop the pillar around which we have gathered, by a …
Pope Benedict XVI - 30, November 2023

Back Cover

The Beauty of Mary Immaculate

How the beauty of Mary Immaculate enraptures us! O beautiful Mother, by your amazing virtue, beautify my poor soul. Most Loving Heart of Jesus, I offer You the beauty of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in order to obtain mercy, the full forgiveness of all my sins. Beloved Good, how …
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini - 30, November 2023

Diverse

Little Office of the Immaculate Conception - Hymn of Praise to the Immaculate
It is proper to rational creatures – that is, those capable of knowing and loving their Creator – to seek perfection not only for themselves, but also as a desirable good for others, especially those whom they love. This quest is an expression of their tendency towards God and constitutes …
Bianca Maria dos Santos - 30, November 2023

Immaculateness Personified
“I am the Immaculate Conception.” These simple words, with which Our Lady identified herself to St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, were the subject of constant meditation for the Martyr of Charity, St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe. A Franciscan religious,1 an accomplished theologian and a great devotee of the Blessed Virgin, he …
Plinio Bosco - 30, November 2023

Surrendered to the Love of the Heart of Jesus
A good teacher is one who has such mastery of the subject matter that his or her students feel complete assurance and satisfaction with the instruction given because, more than just using didactics, true educators live what they teach. How much richer will be the lesson of a geography teacher …
Lorena Mello - 30, November 2023

Gospel Commentary

The Centre of Creation Is Born, Dividing the Waters
15 When the Angels went away from them to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2023

Church and World Events

Church and World Events
The Catholic community in Bangladesh is experiencing a surge in devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Rosary, thanks to various evangelizing initiatives of Holy Cross Family Ministries, present in the country’s eight dioceses. These include six hundred and eighty catechesis programmes on the Rosary, as well as …
Editorial team - 30, November 2023

Lives of the Saints

Venerable Francisco de Paula Tarín - A Tireless Apostle of Rural Spain
In the first decades of the 19th century, Spain faced a strong anti-clerical movement, which instilled in souls doubts and prejudices about the Catholic Church, if not outright and violent hatred. At the same time, however, Providence did not fail to raise up valiant pastors who would uncover the errors …
Salvador López - 30, November 2023

Inside Front Cover

A Proof of Predilection: To be Crucified with the Lord
Iunderstand everything you are going through because, if you always felt the joy of sacrifice, what the Lord sends you could not be called a cross. But note: the greatest proof of predilection is that He wants to crucify you with Him in this way […]. If you could only …
St. Maravillas of Jesús - 30, November 2023

Editorial

The Immaculate, the Sword and War
In days of global instability, the setting for two momentous wars, anger tends to flare and fear to spread. It is natural, in these times, for people to seek a safe harbour in the midst of the chessboard of events – but not always do they look in the right …
Editorial team - 30, November 2023

Story for Children

Memorable Symbol of a Viscount’s Patience
With one last embrace she tore herself away from all her loved ones. The girl was entering the Conceptionist monastery of the city to serve God and Mary, in prayer, contemplation and penitence. Her father, the Viscount de Brouillard d’Or, was an upright man and a fine Catholic who credited …
Sr. Aline Karolina Lima - 30, November 2023

Concluding Pages

In Defence of the Immaculata!
It is night in Seville. The city is passionately engaged in the most stirring hours of its world-famous Holy Week: La Madrugá, that is, the period between midnight of Holy Thursday and the dawn of the following day, a vigil in which some of the oldest penitential confraternities, in a …
José Manuel Gómez - 30, November 2023

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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