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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025

Our Readers Ask

Our Readers Ask

Maria Aparecida Ferreira – Brazil Yes, superstition is a sin against the First Commandment of Divine Law, as taught by the Catechism of the Catholic Church (cf. CCC 2110-2111), which also explains that it is a deviation from religious feeling and the practices it imposes, and this deviation can adversely …
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP - 31, August 2025

Editorial

Mary, the Best Interpreter of the Word of God

The Sacred Scriptures were written by God Himself, through the pens of various authors. In this sense, the Bible bears a certain analogy to the hypostatic union, for, as the latter unites human and divine natures, the pages of the former involve the participation of both. Now, even united to …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

The Voice of the Popes

How Should the Bible Be Interpreted?

The interpretation of Sacred Scripture is of paramount importance to the Christian Faith and the life of the Church. “Indeed, in the Sacred Books,” as the Council rightly reminded us, “the Father who is in Heaven lovingly comes to meet His children and converses with them […].” The way in …
Pontifical Magisterium  - 31, August 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

Everything Depends on the First Impulse

Let us imagine that ten friends set off on a pilgrimage to a certain Marian shrine located in the mountains. The journey promises to be arduous: seventy kilometres of uphill walking. We ask ourselves: how many of them will reach the finish line? It is quite simple. Those who, when …
Fr. Santiago Ignacio Morazzani, EP - 31, August 2025

Inside Front Cover

Birthday of Pope Leo XIV

Scripture recounts that the giving of the primacy to Peter at Caesarea Philippi was followed by the first proclamation of the Passion and glorious Resurrection of Christ (cf. Mt 16:13-21), perhaps indicating that if the luminous way of the cross must be walked by every disciple of Jesus (cf. Mt …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

Through the Cross We Reach the Light
The historical occasion celebrated by the feast of this Sunday takes us back to the discovery of the true Cross of Christ in Jerusalem by St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, in approximately 320, and the consecration, in the same city, of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on September …
Fr. Antonio Jakoš, EP - 31, August 2025

Preferential Option for All
The parable of the unfaithful steward can cause a certain degree of consternation because of the master’s praise for the cleverness of this bad steward, as well as Jesus’ recommendation that we use dishonest wealth to make friends who will welcome us into eternal dwellings (cf. Lk 16:1-9). How can …
Fr. Felipe Ramos, EP - 31, August 2025

Heaven and Hell Begin on This Earth...
By revelation from Our Lord and solemn definition from the Church, we know that there is an eternal destiny after our death: Heaven or hell, depending on how we have lived. No one escapes this, as we are taught in this Sunday’s Gospel, in which a rich man is condemned …
Fr. Rodrigo Fugiyama, EP - 31, August 2025

Treasures of Msgr. João

The Creator’s Conversation with His Creatures
When we analyse the work of creation, it is striking to note the exuberance of generosity manifested by God throughout the universe, from the smallest pebbles to intelligent creatures, Angels and humans. We see this in mineral nature, whether in the enormous quantity of grains of sand in deserts and …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, August 2025

Theme of the Month

Sacred Scripture – Biblical Canon - The Book Written by God
Following the development of institutions or customs has always been an effective and beneficial way of growing in love for them. Pragmatism, however – the great ruler of our age – has accustomed us to seeing things only as they appear to our eyes, focussing on their immediate usefulness and …
Mariana Cristina Moniz - 31, August 2025

Biblical Languages - What Language Does the Holy Spirit Speak?
In his characteristic style, St. Luke offers us a detailed description of the event that marked the beginnings of the Church: Pentecost. After tongues of fire rested upon each of the Apostles, “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit …
João Pedro Serafim Freitas Pereira - 31, August 2025

St. Thomas Explains

Why Read the Bible?
What is our aim when we listen to a lecture, watch a play, read a book, or, in short, come into contact with any kind of text? In the first part of the work “This is the Book of God’s Commandments,” one of his first lectures, St. Thomas explains what …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

History – Life’s Teacher

The Vulgate Bible - A “Betrayal” of the Word of God?
Injustice can penetrate even the most unsuspected areas of human culture. The proof is that it has infiltrated proverbs, as exemplified by the Italian adage: “Traduttore traditore – The translator is a traitor.” But, despite the insult it casts on the honourable profession, this aphorism has its grain of truth. …
Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins - 31, August 2025

The Crystal Defended by the Lion
The fourth century was an epoch of war, and of the worst kind there is: that which unfolds in times of peace. The persecution of the Christians by Roman paganism had ceased with the imperial edicts granting freedom to the Church. But then arose the threat of threats, crueller than …
José Manuel Gómez - 31, August 2025

What Does the Catechism Say?

God’s Voice Still Makes Itself Heard!
§104 In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, “but as what it really is, the word of God.” “In the Sacred Books, the Father who is in Heaven comes lovingly to meet His children, and talks …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

A Prophet for Our Times

The Beginning of the Victory!
Why do we celebrate someone’s birthday? The reason is very simple: a person’s birthday represents the moment they entered the world. Every birth constitutes a favour, a grace from God, because every person – as much as they are conceived in original sin, and may additionally carry some family defect …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 31, August 2025

Lives of the Saints

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Confiscated by the Lord
It is proper to a foundation to support the building without being considered or even seen; although indispensable, it remains hidden. The foundations of the Church are the twelve Apostles (cf. Rv 21:14), whose exceptional virtue has moved the devotion of Catholics of all times. However, if the magnitude of …
Sr. Maria Cecília Veas - 31, August 2025

Dona Lucilia

Under a Mother’s Protection
Let us imagine that we have managed to climb the face of a mountain until reaching its summit, where we find an enormous nest with an eagle’s nestling. Concealed behind a rock, we soon see the eagle returning to the nest from the hunt. In its claws is a quarry …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, August 2025

Biblical Teachings

Phinehas the Priest - “I give you my covenant of peace”
There was among the people of Israel a fiery young man, in whose gaze Moses surely discerned a sublime calling. His name was Phinehas. This man’s crystalline fidelity, the work of a lifetime, shone in a unique way in a little-known episode in the history of the chosen people, which …
Bianca Maria dos Santos - 31, August 2025

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide
The Diocese of Bragança Paulista, home to the main houses of the Heralds of the Gospel, celebrated its hundredth anniversary. The celebrations, carefully prepared by Diocesan Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo, began on July 24 with a solemn Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception. On July 27, …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

Did You Know…

Did You Know…
“Divide et impera” was the motto of Roman authority throughout its existence. This ancient advice, however, applies not only to dividing the empire into regions, the army into phalanxes, or the enemy into factions, but also admirably to daily life: in dividing schedules, distinguishing concepts, delegating tasks… Incredibly, the golden …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

Tendencies and Mentalities

Two Attitudes… One Person?
Nothing could be more enchanting than the Gospel scene in which we find Our Lord Jesus Christ surrounded by children so that the Saviour might“lay His hands on them and pray” (Mt 19:13). The disciples, concerned for the Master’s tranquillity, try to send them away… However, Jesus rebukes them and …
Fr. Louis Marie Joseph Anicet Goyard, EP - 31, August 2025

Back Cover

Immaculate and “Divine” Infant
What an enchanting Infant! Exempt from original sin, gifted with infused knowledge and the full use of reason from the moment She opened her eyes to reality, Mary understood all that happened around her. Devoid of any sign of that puerile behaviour proper to the descendants of Adam, She was …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, August 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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