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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 214, August 2025

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 214, August 2025

The Voice of the Popes

The Redemptive Power of Suffering

Suffering, an inescapable burden of human existence but also a factor of possible personal growth, is “censored”, rejected as useless, indeed opposed as an evil, always and in every way to be avoided. […] More than anything else, it is the problem of suffering which challenges faith and puts it …
Pontifical Magisterium  - 31, July 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

Our Heart Rests Only in God

Nowadays we see of all kinds of devices designed to make life easier, and they are multiplying at an almost frenetic pace: from personal grooming tools to the most advanced means of communication and locomotion, our daily lives are increasingly based on technology. However, it is not hard for a …
Fr. Alessandro Schurig, EP - 31, July 2025

Do Not Be Afraid! Trust and You Will Attain Glory

There are different degrees and types of fear, which can be caused by physical, psychological, social and even religious stimuli. Accounts of some of them appear in both the Old and New Testaments to warn us against lack of faith or distrust in God. For example, shortly after the first …
Fr. Aumir Antonio Scomparin, EP - 31, July 2025

The Glorification of Mary Most Holy

“The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir” (Ps 45:10). Thus sings the psalmist, inviting us to contemplate the one who, in being assumed into Heaven, enchanted the Eternal King with her beauty. Our Lady’s immeasurable greatness is the result of her predestination to Divine …
Dcn. Adilson Costa da Costa, EP - 31, July 2025

Tendencies and Mentalities

Extravagance or Boldness

The Ancien Régime – as the political and social system in France during the period immediately preceding the Revolution of 1789 came to be known – was a complex era. In it, all the tradition forged over the centuries by Christian Civilization often coexisted with the worst foolishness stemming from …
Raphaël Six - 31, July 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

Love That Attracts and Divides
This Sunday’s readings may seem strange in a world where the word love has acquired a connotation of complicity and unconditional acceptance. In fact, very different from this concept is the reality faced by those who, moved by authentic charity, have decided to follow in the Saviour’s footsteps … Although …
Fr. Vicente de Jesús Croes, EP - 31, July 2025

Let Us Convert Before the Door Is Closed
According to contemporary thinking, the word kindness can designate a thousand qualities, except for one: seriousness. And so it has become synonymous with acquiescence to error or wilful blindness to what needs to be corrected or warned against. But in God, kindness is something very different… In the Gospel for …
Fr. João Marcos Cardoso, EP - 31, July 2025

A God Who Is… Meek and Humble?
The Liturgy for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time highlights a marvellous aspect of the Soul of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which the Gospel Acclamation invites us to imitate: “learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart” (Mt 11:29). This declaration, which today can even be heard …
Fr. Luiz Henrique de Oliveira, EP - 31, July 2025

The Power of Example

A Twofold Return to Life!
It was 1849. The young Charles, who frequented the Oratory founded by St. John Bosco and was then fifteen years old, had fallen seriously ill and was given no hope of survival by the doctors. Appalled by the news, his parents asked him if he wanted to go to Confession. …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

Treasures of Msgr. João

A Blessed Guest, through Whom God Visits Us
I once came across an article written on the subject of solitude. It was a story about a man with an unwelcoming appearance, who described his preferences and his lifestyle, stating that he so enjoyed complete isolation that he had chosen not to marry, because the idea of living with …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, July 2025

Theme of the Month

Suffering - A Plinian Explanation: The “Sufferative” - Learning to Suffer
There is a vast bibliography on the subject of suffering. Rivers of ink, both sacred and profane, have flowed alongside the rivers of blood, sweat and tears shed by the human race since Adam and Eve left Earthly Paradise. Discovering the origin of the universe, where we came from and …
Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP - 31, July 2025

Called to Be Co-redemptors!
It was 1177. Before the Battle of Montgisard, the sublime gesture of a certain king comforted Our Lord Jesus Christ and obtained the victory for the Christians. When the enemy army came into view, Baldwin IV did not fear in the face of the terrible and obvious disproportion of forces: …
Sr. Maria Teresa Aquino - 31, July 2025

What Does the Catechism Say?

A Human Necessity
§1505 By His Passion and Death on the Cross, Christ has given a new meaning to suffering: it can henceforth configure us to Him and unite us with His redemptive Passion. There are people for whom the least annoyance is a disaster. Our adorable Lord Jesus, however, elevated the role …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

A Prophet for Our Times

Thermometer of True Fervour
In one of the houses in our movement, there is a very beautiful photograph of a tree-lined promenade. It is by no means as lush as those at Fontainebleau forest, but it is a beautiful arboreal path, dignified, well-arranged and pleasing to the eye. There are a few stone benches …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, July 2025

St. Thomas Explains

Is it Lawful to Ask God to Remove Suffering from Us?
Prayer is the interpreter of our desires before God (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.9). But is it right to yearn to be free from the sufferings of this life, which Providence has allowed for our good? Should not our prayers be raised to the throne of the Divine Majesty …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

History – Life’s Teacher

The Black Death - When Calamities Teach Humanity
There are several ways to read a book. In one of them, a person understands the meaning of the sentences, the simple combination of words, phrases and paragraphs almost mathematically, experiencing a brief dose of impressions that the plot may arouse. When talking to a reader like this, we will …
Marcos Vinícius Santos - 31, July 2025

Lives of the Saints

Venerable Pio Bruno Lanteri - Cunning as a Serpent…
The absence of creativity is one of the most characteristic features of the devil’s work. In fact, if you analyse history with a keen eye, you can see how, over the centuries, the onslaughts of the power of darkness against good have been countless, but always similar in their substance …
Thiago Resende - 31, July 2025

Dona Lucilia

Even on the Other Side of the World…
Dona Lucilia’s intercession transcends barriers. Since her death in 1968, we have witnessed the discreet but ever-growing blossoming of a devotion that opens up new paths. The number of people who have been helped by her in the most diverse parts of the world is a pledge of hope for …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, July 2025

Did You Know…

Did You Know…
The thirty-metre-high statue built on the peak of Corcovado – one of the most enchanting spots in Rio de Janeiro – soon became the main symbol of the Brazilian nation and earned a place among the seven wonders of the modern world. More beautiful than the sculpture itself and the …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

Back Cover

Epitome of Humility and Glory
Who could be humbler than She, who considered herself unworthy to be the slave of the Saviour’s Mother? Did not this attitude represent the highest and purest expression of poverty of spirit? Just as her unpretentiousness reached the highest possible degree, so did her elevation and glory, in the same …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, July 2025

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide
On the occasion of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Heralds of the Gospel participated in various celebrations and processions in honour of the Blessed Sacrament. Highlights include the ceremonies held in Rome by Pope Leo XIV, who presided over Holy Mass in the Basilica of St. John Lateran and …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish - The Maternal Hand of the Church
Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish of Structural City, located in Brazil’s Federal District, has been a source of grace for its suffering people since its inception, often lifting them out of situations of great vulnerability and elevating them to the category of children of God To understand the depth of …
Sr. Juliane Campos - 31, July 2025

Inside Front Cover

Apostolic Vigour and Supernatural Spirit
Pius X had an extremely sensitive heart: he was easily moved and effusive. But these outpourings of his heart never left him with his hands tied, as the saying goes. He was inexorable when it came to preventing the least possibility of fatal ambiguity. Whether coming from declared external enemies …
Girolamo Dal-Gal - 31, July 2025

Our Readers Ask

Our Readers Ask
Oswaldo Wójcik – Ponta Grossa (Brazil) The question is very timely, as it gives us an opportunity to clarify a very common doubt. In the classical language of the Church, the terms Holy Fathers, Fathers of the Church or even just Fathers designate a very specific group of people. In …
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP - 31, July 2025

Editorial

Without the Cross, There Is No Salvation
St. Thomas Aquinas, the only author whose doctrine the Catholic Church has taken as her own (cf. ST. PAUL VI. Lumen Ecclesiæ, n.24), argues that the main element of Christian doctrine is “salvation effected by the Cross” (Super I Epistolam ad Corinthios, c.I, lect.3). Jesus Himself prepared His disciples for …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

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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