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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 225, July 2026

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Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 225, July 2026

The Sunday Liturgy

The Virtue of the Great

The first reading for this Sunday sounds familiar to every Catholic ear, for it appears on the commemoration of the Saviour’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday: “See, your king shall come to you; a just saviour is he, meek, and riding on an ass” (Zec 9:9). Few, however, know …
Fr. Joshua Alexander Sequeira, EP - 30, June 2026

The Voice of the Popes

He Wishes to Be Our Friend!

What is friendship? Idem velle, idem nolle – wanting the same things, rejecting the same things: this was how it was expressed in antiquity. Friendship is a communion of thinking and willing. The Lord says the same thing to us most insistently: “I know my own and my own know …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

Our Readers Ask

What is the true meaning of Acts 17:24?

The verse from the Acts of the Apostles that raises doubts about its interpretation is the following: “The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man.” First, it is necessary to understand the context of …
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP - 30, June 2026

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

The Joy of Doing Good

The topic of chivalrous treatment reminds me of a lot of things from my childhood, when the issues of relationships and life in society were beginning to emerge in my mind. My mother used to tell stories about acquaintances who were true friends, but astonishingly so. She would narrate, for …
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - 30, June 2026

Dona Lucilia

An Unconditional Mother

“If my mother is as she is, [Our Lady], who is the Mother of mothers, the Mother of all humanity, I cannot imagine how She must be!”,1 Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira remarked on several occasions when speaking of Dona Lucilia and how her boundless affection and protection were for …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, June 2026

Treasures of Msgr. João

True Friendship
When we look up at the sky and see the stars, they look like an immense collection of tiny lights, very similar to each other. However, if we observe them through a telescope, we realize the great variety that exists among the stars, as St. Paul affirms: “Stella enim a …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, June 2026

The Sunday Liturgy

A Transformative Treasure
The parables taught by Our Lord constitute an invitation to the Kingdom of Heaven – an expression used more than thirty times by St. Matthew. In today’s Gospel, this Kingdom is compared to an accessible, splendid treasure, but one full of challenges: its conquest requires a transformation of mentality. In …
Fr. Timothy Joseph Ring, EP - 30, June 2026

Divine Patience, Absolute Justice
How easy it is to correct with excessive rigour, especially when it comes to someone else’s fault that bothers us! In the parable of the wheat and the tares, however, Our Lord Jesus Christ shows us a different path. True authority is not exercised only through power, but is nurtured …
Fr. Manuel Francisco Rodríguez Sancho, EP - 30, June 2026

The Magnificent Hierarchy of Creation
We live in a society steeped in egalitarian principles. To a greater or lesser degree, we are influenced by a profound tendency to reject, or at least resent, the least authority or superiority in others.1 However, such a stance opposes evangelical doctrine, as we can see in this Sunday’s parable. …
Fr . Rodrigo Alonso Solera, EP - 30, June 2026

History – Life’s Teacher

Of Wine and War
A famous French company specializing in fine carpets is working on a project with all due patriotic zeal: At Chevalier, after cleaning antique Aubussons – a kind of fine rug –, ancient Persian tapestries and other historic items, the extracted dust – often centuries old – is collected in large …
Gabriela Cristina Rodrigues - 30, June 2026

Theme of the Month

Tell Me Who Your Friends Are…
Let us imagine that God has granted us the possibility of creating. Not just any being, but a human being; not just any human being, but a friend; not only a friend, but the ideal friend. We immediately begin to bring together all kinds of qualities in this person: a …
Lucas Rezende de Sousa - 30, June 2026

Editorial

Where to Find True Friendship?
All people, as social beings, want to have friends. There are childhood friends, work friends, those who share the same interests, but there are also occasional and false friends… The contemporary revolution has even conjured up “virtual” friends, forging depersonalized relationships between “influencers” and the mass of “followers.” But are …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

What Does the Catechism Say?

Adulation: Is it a Sin?
The excerpt from the Catechism points to three interconnected sins: flattery, adulation, and complaisance. It focuses on the second, whose meaning is “seduction through false praise.”1 Its Latin etymology, adulari, goes back to the act of caressing – especially animals. At its core, the flatterer is a caresser of another’s …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

Biblical Teachings

The Flower of Human Relationships
In creating us with an instinct for sociability, the Divine Craftsman imprinted on the human soul the need for mutual help. In the reciprocal admiration of the gifts received by each one, we are called to better serve Him, love Him, and praise Him. This interdependence is not reduced to …
Mariana Xavier - 30, June 2026

Theme of the Month

One Heart and One Soul
Some say that friendship is as old as humanity itself… Indeed, endowed with a sociable nature, human beings have a need to form groups and to interact with one another. This is a natural tendency, immortalized by Cicero as the “instinct of sociability.”1 However, living in society is only possible …
Fr. Aumir Antonio Scomparin, EP - 30, June 2026

St. Thomas Explains

Is it More Meritorious to Love an Enemy or a Friend?
The coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the revelation of the commandment of love profoundly transformed human relationships. Until then, justice was limited to the rigour of the law of retaliation: “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” (Ex 21:24). By uttering the divine words: …
Fr. Cyril Avinash, EP - 30, June 2026

Tendencies and Mentalities

Silence, an Inexhaustible Source of Harmony
Silence… stillness… Let us pause for a moment and imagine ourselves in a solitary place where our senses can be better penetrated by the fullness of calm. Be it on the peak of a towering mountain, on the edge of a misty cliff battered by the waves of the sea, …
Santiago Vieto Rodríguez - 30, June 2026

Back Cover

Come to Me and I will give you peace
My child, I am the Mother of Mercy, with a Heart always full of compassion; I am the mysterious ladder of sinners, I am the hope and pardon of the culpable, I am the consolation of afflicted souls, I am the joy and the delight of the blessed. Come to …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

Splendours of Christian Civilization

A Pinch of Salt in the Sweetness of Life
Following the bitter years of the French Revolution (1789–1799), the diplomat Talleyrand, reflecting on the collapse of the Ancien Régime, left a nostalgic account: “Those who did not live in the 18th century, before the Revolution, do not know the sweetness of life.”1 Without turning a blind eye to the …
Fr. Felipe Ramos, EP - 30, June 2026

Lives of the Saints

The Fiery One
If God called Abraham friend, Isaac my servant and Jacob my holy one, He might well call Elijah my prophet. All the more so because, at the Transfiguration, Our Lord summoned neither the friend nor the holy one, but he who combined both attributes with prophecy: “How glorious you were, …
Rúben Manuel Cunha Guimarães - 30, June 2026

Did You Know…

…how tabernacles came about?
Such is the Church’s love for Jesus Christ that, after the Bridegroom ascended to Heaven, she was not content to encounter Him again only during Holy Mass, but wished to adore Him every day, wherever it was celebrated. Tabernacles arose in order to satisfy this desire. The God whom the …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

…who were the first Westerners to enter the Forbidden City?
China: a kingdom of dreams, surrounded by walls so imposing that they remained practically insurmountable until the end of the 16th century. However, there is no place on earth, however inhospitable, where the sweet timbre of Christ’s voice cannot resound. For the then-called Middle Kingdom, the Word of God used …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

Inside Front Cover

It is Through Obedience That One Gives All
I must reject any and all reasoning that oppresses me, disturbs me, prevents me from uniting with Our Lord. For several months He has been asking the same thing of me: gentleness towards Him and myself, trust, openness, joy. Through excessive good resolutions, I have been unfaithful to Our Lord …
Editorial team - 30, June 2026

Sections

Back Cover

The Saints of Each Day

St. Thomas Explains

Special

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Dona Lucilia

Catholic truths

Catholic Spirituality

Our Readers Ask

Splendours of Christian Civilization

Heralds Worldwide

Nova et Vetera

Mary, God’s Paradise

A Prophet for Our Times

Diverse

Arautos no Mundo-MONT

Dona Lucilia-MONT

The Voice of the Popes

Gospel Commentary

Testimonials

The Sunday Liturgy

Biblical Teachings

Church and World Events

Tendencies and Mentalities

Editorial

Issues

History – Life’s Teacher

Lives of the Saints

Inside Front Cover

Concluding Pages

Story for Children

Did You Know…

The Power of Example

Theme of the Month

Treasures of Msgr. João

What Does the Catechism Say?
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