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Theme of the Month


The Priesthood, Before and After Christ

João Pedro Serafim Freitas Pereira
One of the most contrasting scenes in the Bible became the backdrop for the institution of the priesthood. Moses had spent forty days with God on Sinai and received the …
30, April 2025

St. Thomas Explains


Does the Mass of a Bad Priest Have Any Value?

Editorial team
We could translate the title above into a simpler formulation: does a good cannon work in the hands of a bad soldier? Or: what good is a cannon if used …
30, April 2025

History – Life’s Teacher


Fr. Walter Joseph Ciszek, SJ - Complete Surrender to the Divine Will

Guilherme Thiago Motta
We know that the journey of human life is not made up solely or even mostly of joys and pleasures, but that it is frequently punctuated by unspeakable suffering and …
30, April 2025

What Does the Catechism Say?


Are We All Priests?

Editorial team
§§ 1591-1592 The whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the faithful share in the priesthood of Christ. This participation is called the “common priesthood of the faithful.” …
30, April 2025

Theme of the Month


Priesthood – St. John Marie Vianney, Model of Priests - “After God, the priest is everything!”

Vinícius Lima
Little John Marie Vianney, just four years old, was still playing when, on the other side of the world, a prophecy was published about… St. John Marie Vianney. In that …
30, April 2025

Catholic Spirituality


Like the Palm Tree, They Will Flourish!

Sr. Maria Cecília Veas
Like a fortress, the palm tree stands tall, defying the skies, winds and storms. Nothing seems capable of holding it back in its ascension, and no natural factor can easily …
30, April 2025

Did You Know…


Did You Know…

Editorial team
When a loved one passes away, we often hear the comment: “At least they will not suffer any more…” However, this expression denotes an incomplete view of supernatural realities. Is …
30, April 2025

Tendencies and Mentalities


Manipulated Morality?

Fr. Louis Marie Joseph Anicet Goyard, EP
In the days of yesteryear, we became accustomed to the fact that computers were gradually managing to imitate everything we possessed: they copied our logic, outdid us in memory, multiplied …
30, April 2025

Back Cover


Efficacious Channel of the Holy Spirit

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
In the episode of the Visitation, we can contemplate the Blessed Virgin from an angle which, although of capital importance for understanding the mission of our Heavenly Queen, is nevertheless …
30, April 2025

A Prophet for Our Times


Between Human Vulnerability and Divine Strength

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
When I was still small, I perceived, perhaps through discernment of spirits, something sublime and beautiful, but did not know how to put it into words. It was not until …
30, April 2025

Biblical Teachings


Judas Maccabeus’ Purification of the Altar - For the Sake of the Altar

Fr. Alex Barbosa de Brito, EP
In his first epistle, St. John says that “There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood” (5:8). And each of them corresponds to one of the three …
30, April 2025

Lives of the Saints


St. John Houghton - For the Holy Church, I Am Ready to Suffer

Sr. Elizabeth Veronica MacDonald
“Look, Margaret!” From a barred window in the Tower of London, Sir Thomas More called to his daughter to witness the scene: five priests – John Haile, a secular clergyman, …
30, April 2025

Dona Lucilia


Final Acts of Piety

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
To break the monotony of each day following the same routine as the last, Dr. Plinio took his mother from time to time for a walk along Alagoas Street,1 where …
30, April 2025

Heralds Worldwide


Heralds Worldwide

Editorial team
During the Carnival holiday, Cooperators of the Heralds of the Gospel and their families participated in several retreats provided by the institution in preparation for Easter. Eucharistic celebrations, lectures, periods …
30, April 2025

Our Readers Ask


Our Readers Ask

Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP
Willian Silva Torres – Coronel Fabriciano (Brazil) According to a beautiful assertion of the Pontifical Magisterium, the Church values the Latin language, “in which wisdom itself is cloaked, as it …
30, April 2025

Editorial


Priest: Everything and Nothing

Editorial team
In recent years, there has been much talk of a “priestly crisis”. However, contrary to appearances, it did not start now; it was in fact ignited by an Apostle: Judas …
30, April 2025

The Sunday Liturgy


Sheep or Dust Shaken from the Feet?

Fr. Hernán Luis Cosp Bareiro, EP
Although we are surrounded by an increasingly chaotic world, Providence never ceases to show its light to men and to nations, as is clear from this Sunday’s first reading (Acts …
30, April 2025

Emptied of Themselves, Full of God

Fr. Marcelo Javier Pérez Wheelock, EP
The Church, from its inception, learned from the lips of the Divine Master to formulate the supplication contained in the Our Father: “Thy Kingdom come” (Mt 6:10). St. John, in …
30, April 2025

How to Attain Happiness?

Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP
If we had to define God in just one word, it would surely be Love. “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8), the Apostle St. John teaches us. Love is part …
30, April 2025

Treasures of Msgr. João


Total Self-Giving to the Holy Church

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
It is often said in theology that grace does not destroy nature, but perfects it.1 There is, in fact, a curious phenomenon involving the natural and supernatural fields: ordinarily, the …
30, April 2025

Inside Front Cover


Let Us Never Doubt His Love

St. John of Avila
There are two subjects of meditation which will serve us well if we do not wish to offend Our Lord: to love His goodness and to trust in His mercy. …
30, April 2025

The Voice of the Popes


A Mediator Between God and Man

Pontifical Magisterium 
The human race has always felt the need of a priesthood: of men, that is, who have the official charge to be mediators between God and humanity, men who should …
30, April 2025

The Sunday Liturgy


Peter, the True Shepherd

Fr. Ignacio Montojo, EP
As we meditate on the third apparition of the Resurrected One narrated in this Sunday’s Gospel (Jn 21:1-19), the figure of St. Peter stands out for his attitudes towards Our …
30, April 2025
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