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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 207, January 2025

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 207, January 2025

Theme of the Month

The “Methodology” of Prayer - How to Ask and Be Answered?

Various of life’s circumstances could be described as universal, in the sense that all people – rich or poor, educated or illiterate, well-mannered or boorish – inevitably experience them. One of these is the inopportune yet imperative need, at some point, to ask for something or to give something to …
Fábio Henrique Costa - 31, December 2024

The Strength of Men… and the Weakness of God!

It was late at night in the Corrêa de Oliveira residence. Dona Lucilia, however, was far from retiring. Surrounded by the silence and calm of that advanced hour, her soul turned confidently to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, represented in a small, pious statue on display in the living room, …
Sr. Fernanda Cordeiro - 31, December 2024

St. Thomas Explains

When I get distracted, does my prayer lose its value?

According to St. Thomas Aquinas (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.1-2), prayer consists in the elevation of our mind to God, inflamed by devotion and the fervour of charity. We do not pray to God in order to manifest something unknown to His infinite wisdom or to change the designs …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

History – Life’s Teacher

Anne of St. Bartholomew and the Power of Prayer - An Elite Troop for the Church

“Tell me, who is the first captain of the age?” a noble lady asked Maurice of Nassau.1 “Spinola is the second!” he replied proudly, thereby naming himself first man-at-arms. Maurice led the Calvinist troops in Holland and had already inflicted numerous defeats on the Catholic forces, conquering almost the entire …
Sr. Maria Teresa Matos - 31, December 2024

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide

Editorial team - 31, December 2024

A Prophet for Our Times

The Unimaginable and the Dream Meet
When there is a society – that is, an entire social body – that lives in unison, artists appear who, imbued with the same desire, make what that society wishes. And the work of art is a consonance – of one or a few men, endowed with special talents for …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2024

Lives of the Saints

St. Timothy - A Biography Written by God Himself
There are two kinds of biography that make history captivating: first, that of illustrious, famous figures, the heroes charging at full gallop in the splendour of the day; then there are the stories of those who made mystery their abode, whose most beautiful traits of soul escaped human admiration, allowing …
Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins - 31, December 2024

Dona Lucilia

Lucilian Piety
One of Lucilia’s favourite places to practise her piety toward the Mother of God was the Luz Convent in São Paulo. She had visited this wellspring of blessings since earliest childhood, on journeys from Pirassununga, her birthplace. It was there that her soul felt most in contact with the supernatural. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, December 2024

Diverse

Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis - Chosen by God, Esteemed by Men
Abbot of Saint-Denis, royal ambassador to pontifical courts, prime minister and counsellor to King Louis VI and regent of France during the Second Crusade… This is how we could begin the lengthy list of offices held by one of the greatest statesmen of the 12th century. However, these prerogatives alone …
João Luís Ribeiro - 31, December 2024

Did You Know…

Did You Know…
The refreshing contact of fingertips with holy water, followed by the superior spiritual refreshment of making the Sign of the Cross, usually marks the transition between the hustle and bustle of the street and the peace of the sacred precinct when entering a Catholic church. But have you ever wondered …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

Tendencies and Mentalities

The Mentality of Jesus, the Origin of Holy Tendencies
Our Lord Jesus Christ’s passage on this earth produced the greatest explosion in history – in the supernatural sphere of grace and salvation, no doubt, but not solely. The Redemption’s “force of impact” was felt far beyond, penetrating to the furthest reaches of human endeavour. In fact, it is difficult …
Fr. Louis Marie Joseph Anicet Goyard, EP - 31, December 2024

Back Cover

Inexhaustible and Transforming Mercy
Our Lady is present in the uninterrupted struggle that each man wages against his defects, to acquire greater virtues. And even if we do not remember her, Mary intercedes for us from the heights of Heaven, with a mercy that no kind of sin can ever exhaust. For it is …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, December 2024

Inside Front Cover

The Bitterest of Grievances: God Abandoned
Since the Eucharist is the miracle of the perpetual permanence of Jesus Christ, the abandonment of the Eucharist is the practical frustration of this miracle and, with it, that of the merciful and highest purposes of His permanence. The abandoned Eucharist is, as far as this can be said of …
St. Manuel González - 31, December 2024

Our Readers Ask

Our Readers Ask
Jurandir Otoniel Torres – Ipameri (Brazil) To this excellent question, we could add other related ones. When we pray in the interior of our soul, without uttering any words, do the Angels and saints really have any knowledge of our prayers? Does our Guardian Angel know what we are thinking …
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP - 31, December 2024

Editorial

The Solution to the Crisis is from Above
It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the growing crisis besieging the world. Wherever we look we are faced with financial, social, political and military crises… However, as Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira shows in his book Revolution and Counter-Revolution, the chief of all contemporary crises is that …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

Diverse

New Ideas, Same Ideals
November 1, 2024. Our founder, Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, departed for eternity. You can imagine the flood of emotions that pervaded the souls of his spiritual children. The gaze of the one who had guided us with determination for many years and who, even after his resignation from the …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

The Voice of the Popes

Who Are We Addressing When We Pray?
Many Christians today have a keen desire to learn how to experience a deeper and authentic prayer life despite the not inconsiderable difficulties which modern culture places in the way of the need for silence, recollection and meditation. […] Nevertheless, faced with this phenomenon, many feel the need for sure …
Pontifical Magisterium  - 31, December 2024

The Sunday Liturgy

Mary Has Something of Jesus, and Jesus Has Everything of Mary
When an embryo is being formed in the mother’s womb, a mysterious phenomenon called fetal microchimerism takes place, whereby some cells detach from the baby and settle in the mother’s body. This is the presence of cells that are genetically different from those specific to a given organism – in …
Fr. Alex de Brito, EP - 31, December 2024

Where Can We Find the Star of Bethlehem?
On this Solemnity of the Epiphany, the Holy Magi shine before our eyes with special brilliance. The pious adventure of these idealistic, courageous and faith-filled men is a true parable of the journey of every baptized person. In fact, they were eagerly awaiting some great event that would give meaning …
Fr. Carlos Javier Werner, EP - 31, December 2024

Through Baptism, We Produce Divine Fruit
When a graft is made – from a sweet orange to a lemon tree, for example – a cut is made on the lemon tree, a small orange shoot is inserted in its place and then the cut is protected so that it can heal or prevent pests and diseases …
Fr. Aumir Antonio Scomparin, EP - 31, December 2024

A Prophecy Laden with Hope
The episode of the Wedding Feast at Cana emphasizes the intercessory power of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, who with her unfailing supplication came to the aid of the troubled spouses who had run out of an indispensable component of a wedding feast: wine. The Blessed Virgin appears in this …
Fr. Dartagnan Alves de Oliveira Souza, EP - 31, December 2024

“The Law of the Lord God is perfect”… and Unchanging
Some non-Catholic theologians and philosophers – and even some who call themselves Catholics – claim that God could have formulated the Ten Commandments by forbidding what He commands and commanding what He forbids. For example, instead of saying “You shall not kill,” He could have commanded “You shall murder,” or …
Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP - 31, December 2024

The Power of Example

The Reward of Admiration
Who were they? Mysterious figures emerging from the darkness of secular paganism. Magi from the far East, looking for the King of the Jews who had just been born (cf. Mt 2:2). Their unexpected caravan put slumbering Jerusalem on alert: astonished inhabitants, startled Pharisees, a nervous and restless monarch. This …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

Treasures of Msgr. João

Acting in the Past, Present and Future...
We read in Scripture that Moses asked God how he should answer the Israelites’ questions regarding His name. And the Lord said: “I am Who am” (Ex 3:14). He did not call Himself “the one who was, who is and who will be,” but “I am Who am”! Yes, because …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, December 2024

What Does the Catechism Say?

I Already Go to Mass… Do I Really Need to Pray?
§ 2655 The mission of Christ and of the Holy Spirit […] is continued in the heart that prays. The spiritual writers sometimes compare the heart to an altar. Prayer internalizes and assimilates the Liturgy during and after its celebration. Even when it is lived out “in secret,” (Mt 6:6), …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

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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