THE VOICE OF THE POPES
Mother, Queen and Patroness of the Brazilian people
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
Just as the Apostles, together with Mary, “went up to the upper room” and there, “with one accord devoted themselves to prayer” (Acts 1:13-14), so too we are gathered here today at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, which at this moment is our “upper room” where Mary, Mother …
GOSPEL COMMENTARY
The Future Passes Through the Rosary Beads!
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
Gospel – Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary 26 The Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a Virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the Virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And coming to her …
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Our Lady of the Conception Aparecida - Harbinger of the Reign of Mary
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
Devotion to the Immaculate Conception of Mary was one of the most valuable gifts that the Portuguese nation bequeathed to its overseas colonies. Since the discovery of Brazil, countless chapels and oratories have been erected in honour of this invocation, and its feast day, on December 8, soon came to …
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Aparecida: a Parable of the Church
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
Days after the ignoble attack that reduced the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida to shards in May 1978, the Folha de São Paulo published an article by Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira entitled: A imagem que se partiu [The Shattered Statue]. Considering the horrific crime and certain events with …
PLINIO CORRÊA DE OLIVEIRA
A Blessed Nation
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
For a long time now, every means of de-Christianization, from the most powerful to the most subtle, has been conjured up in this Land of the Holy Cross in order to tear it from the Church’s bosom. However, while almost everything that in the human sense of the word can …
LIVES OF THE SAINTS
St. Luke the Evangelist - A Marian and Crystalline Soul, Fruit of Admiration
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
When biographical accounts of a saint are not plentiful, turning to his works and their fruits is a sure-fire way to make great discoveries about his person. In the case of St. Luke, the piety of the faithful would like to know who his parents were, how he spent his …
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Fifteen Years of Our Lady of Grace Parish - For the Glory of the Church and the Good of Souls
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gn 1:1). When we contemplate this passage of Scripture, we often focus our attention on the beauty of the heavens and the earth, and overlook the very first creature to emerge from the hands of the Divine Craftsman: time! “In …
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Mother of Good Remedy - Remedy for Every Affliction
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
Under the beautiful invocation of Mother of Good Remedy, celebrated by the Church on the eighth day of this month, the Blessed Virgin presents herself to us as the dispenser of the supernatural and material aids that we need in the midst of our insufficiencies and misfortunes in this vale …
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Léon Bourjade - The Knight of the Skies
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 204, October 2024
On July 30, 1925, a detachment of French marines under the orders of Commander Benoist, a Protestant, landed in Porto León, in remote Papua New Guinea, Oceania. Standing in formation in front of a grave decorated with a simple wooden cross and some red lilies, the soldiers presented arms and …
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The Secret of Perfection
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 18, nº 203, September 2024
Our entire perfection is founded on loving our most loving God. “Charity is the bond of perfection” (Col 3:14). And perfect love of God consists in the complete union of our will with God’s most holy will. “The principal effect of love”, says St. Denis, “is to unite the will …
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