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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025

Our Readers Ask

Our Readers Ask

Wilson Zanola (via e-mail) In every Eucharistic celebration, Jesus makes Himself present to be offered in sacrifice and received in Communion. In the Catholic Churches of the Eastern rite – Melkite, Maronite and Ukrainian, among others – it is prescribed that Holy Communion be habitually distributed to the faithful under …
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP - 30, November 2025

Editorial

Angelic and Marian Keynotes of the Priesthood

The Holy Trinity encompasses the most sublime of liturgies, in which the Father begets the Son and from Both proceeds the Holy Spirit. Through the Incarnation, the Son, as Priest, glorifies the Father by offering the prayers and oblations of His entire Mystical Body, to which even the Angels belong, …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

The Voice of the Popes

The Central Duty of the Priest

The Church becomes visible in many ways: in charitable action, in mission projects, in the personal apostolate that every Christian must carry out in his own walk of life. However the place in which she is fully experienced as Church is in the Liturgy; it is the act in which …
Pontifical Magisterium  - 30, November 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

The Prophet of the Most High

On this second Sunday of Advent, the figure of St. John the Baptist appears, in the writing of St. Matthew, preaching in the desert of Judea. He dressed roughly and ate wild honey and locusts, in contrast to the worldly customs of the time. Inhabitants of Jerusalem, Judea and beyond …
Fr. Hamilton José Naville, EP - 30, November 2025

Inside Front Cover

A Winning Paternal Kindness

I was about eleven years old when I had the grace to meet Don Rinaldi for the first time, at the festive Oratory of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Turin. All of them called him by the affectionate title “Signor Direttore”; all of them ran joyfully to …
Fr. Eugenio Ceria, SDB - 30, November 2025

The Sunday Liturgy

Rejoice and Admire!
When we consider the words of the prophet Isaiah chosen for this Sunday’s second reading – “The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, […] and shall flourish like the lily” (35:1) – we see how often God takes pleasure in suspending the rules He created for nature. …
Fr. Felipe Garcia, EP - 30, November 2025

Two Silences… and One Lesson
Some time ago, a challenge launched by an internationally renowned company made headlines: they offered a large sum of money to anyone who could remain for more than an hour in a room isolated from any outside noise. Despite the prize, which seemed so simple to achieve, people were unable …
Fr. Lucas Garcia Pinto, EP - 30, November 2025

A Decisive Choice
St. Isidore1 recounts that the eagle received its name due to its keen vision – aquila, from acumen oculorum, in Latin. He also mentions that the bird stares at the sun’s rays without closing its eyes and holds its young so as to expose them to this radiance, considering those …
Fr. Leonardo Barraza, EP - 30, November 2025

The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail Against the Family!
Family. Few words resonate in our ears with such sweetness, gentleness and joy. Is there anyone who, having received the gift of enjoying the blessings of a true home, does not remember it with deep emotion? On the other hand, does the reader know of any institution that has been …
Fr. Alessandro Schurig, EP - 30, November 2025

The Power of Example

Saved by Christmas
It was dusk on December 24, 1795. An intensely cold winter was ravaging the regions of Brittany, reminding a poor peasant of the holy night par excellence when the Saviour came into the world. However, the situation in which he found himself differed tragically from that first Christmas: the song …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

Treasures of Msgr. João

The Supreme Priesthood
The modern world, so devoid of symbols, leadership and beauty, in which everything depends on machines and cybernetics, makes people much more animalistic than spiritual, prone to caring only about what affects them personally or their pockets, and to acting solely on the basis of their attachments and feelings. The …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2025

Theme of the Month

The Sacred Liturgy - Embodying the Highest Aspirations of Humanity
“Grant, O merciful God, that, just as the Saviour of the world, born this day, is the author of divine generation for us, so He may be the giver even of immortality,”1 prays the priest at Christmas Mass. However, what is the basis of the bold affirmation in this prayer, …
João Paulo Bueno - 30, November 2025

St. Thomas Explains

Why Are Liturgical Vestments Used?
On the cold night of Christmas, Our Lady wrapped the Child Jesus in swaddling clothes with maternal tenderness. Similarly, over the centuries, Holy Mother Church has strived to clothe her sons and ministers who serve at the altar of the Lord with dignity. However, could mere aesthetics be the only …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

A Prophet for Our Times

Love for the “Unum” of the Holy Church
During my childhood, I began to notice that there was a uniformity in the Catholic Church which gave me the following impression: it seemed to me that the people, customs, doctrine, Liturgy and prayers had, from the beginning, a single mentality. I looked at the objects in the Shrine of …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, November 2025

History – Life’s Teacher

Giovanni Gabrieli and Sacred Music - Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
Perhaps few things are as difficult to express in words as music! In its varied and vast scope, the universe of music amounts to an art form that, without exaggeration, can be said to verge on the infinite, for it somehow participates in the immateriality proper to spirits. That being …
Fábio Henrique Costa - 30, November 2025

Splendours of Christian Civilization

The Organ of Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica - A Stained-Glass Window of Sounds
Anyone wishing to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in the municipality of Caieiras, in São Paulo, Brazil, enters the gates that lead to the Thabor Formation House of the Heralds of the Gospel. They encounter a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Zion on a column …
Sr. Priscilla Stephanie Cerqueira - 30, November 2025

Did You Know…

Did You Know…
Yes, and at an altitude of 1,746 metres! Serra da Piedade, a mountainous region located between the capital of Minas Gerais and the municipality of Caeté, is best known for the small sanctuary built on its summit, which, despite its simplicity, makes the splendid natural panorama even lovelier, especially because …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

Lives of the Saints

Venerable Therese of St. Augustine - A Carmelite from a Fairy-tale
What most defines the noble is the excellence of their person. By their birth, they are called to guide others and to represent God Himself. Such excellence, however, is imbued with even greater glory when united with the magnanimity of renunciation – so necessary to human existence, especially after being …
Bianca Maria dos Santos - 30, November 2025

Dona Lucilia

The Seed of a Glorious Future
Frequently, the spiritual state of the mother conditions that of the son, for God takes into account the mother’s fidelity when giving to her offspring the graces necessary for the fulfilment of their mission. To properly discharge this duty, a wise mother must pray, have a sound interior life, frequent …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2025

Biblical Teachings

Jonathan - Docility to the Lord’s Inspirations
When we read through the annals of Bible History, we often come across extraordinary deeds that are beyond human comprehension. Who could explain, for example, Jacob’s prophetic boldness in fighting with the Angel of the Lord for an entire night in order to obtain his blessing? Or who would question …
Sr. Isabel de Sousa - 30, November 2025

Tendencies and Mentalities

Admiration, Service and Sacrifice Pervaded with Joy
The heroic demonstrations of faith that are given in Africa demand our respect and inspire our veneration. If naivety had led us to imagine that the age of martyrs was relegated to history books, and to forget that we will have tribulations in this world (cf. Jn 16:33), our African …
Raúl Rios - 30, November 2025

Back Cover

Born to Be Loved by Mary
From the very first moment of the conception of the Word, Our Lady offers Him uninterrupted acts of adoration. From her Immaculate Heart flows the blood that will constitute His Body; however, what nourishes Him most are the torrents of love for Him that flow from that same Heart. Mary’s …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2025

What Does the Catechism Say?

Jesus Christ Alive on Earth
§1120. The saving mission entrusted by the Father to His incarnate Son was committed to the Apostles and through them to their successors: they receive the Spirit of Jesus to act in His name and in His Person. The ordained minister is the sacramental bond that ties the liturgical action …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

Catholic truths

Our Lady and the Eucharist - The Sacrament of Mary
What if someone were to claim that the Eucharist is not only a perpetuation of the Incarnation, but also an extension of Our Lady’s action on earth? That would be rather bold, would it not? At first glance, the statement does indeed seem to audaciously approach the borderlines of orthodoxy… …
Sr. Ana Laura Bueno - 30, November 2025

Heralds Worldwide

Heralds Worldwide
New groups completing the Reconquest Catholic Formation Platform course from the Heralds of the Gospel made their solemn consecration to Our Lady as slaves of love, according to the method of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. “One of the unmistakable signs that a person is led by the Spirit of …
Editorial team - 30, November 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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