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TENDENCIES AND MENTALITIES

True Action Is Only Born of Contemplation

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
In a previous article,1 we were able to consider the heroic virtues of St. Joan of Arc. We recalled her feats of arms, her military genius inspired by Heaven, her audacity guided by “voices,” and her unwavering courage – seen, incidentally, as presumption and recklessness by cowards. She disconcerted both …

DONA LUCILIA

You Have Won Us Over, Dona Lucilia!

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
It was raining heavily in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1968. Some followers of Dr. Plinio had travelled to that city to carry out a campaign, a term used by members of the movement he founded to refer to the organisation’s public demonstrations, always in defence of the …

PLINIO CORRÊA DE OLIVEIRA

Constancy in Joy and Sorrow

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
Of course, I did not know Dona Lucilia as a girl, but I can easily reconstruct how her mentality was formed when I consider her way of being in her mature years. Her spirit was characterized, in a certain respect, by an admirable uprightness, which consisted of seeing things head-on, …

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Venerable María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso – Teresita, Living Tabernacle of Mary

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
In the firmament of the Holy Church, certain stars seem to shine exclusively for God. There are, of course, vocations that have become known for the feats witnessed by all; others, however, go almost unnoticed in the pages of history, because their mission consisted of glorifying the Creator in the …

CATHOLIC SPIRITUALITY

Our Lady of Saudade – The “Saudades” of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
Like a master “who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (Mt 13:52), the Divine Paraclete always makes new aspects of the Holy Church’s doctrine and spirituality shine forth within her over the course of the centuries. Thus, from one of the oldest cults of …

INSIDE FRONT COVER

May the Lord Grant You True Humility

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
If you are gladdened by the fact that you feel small before God, very well; but it seems to me – forgive me, for I am nothing – that it would be more perfect not to rejoice in this. It would be better to pay no attention to yourself. The …

DID YOU KNOW…

…why Saturday is dedicated to Our Lady?

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
The consecration of Saturday to Mary is a tradition that dates back to the Carolingian era, when Charlemagne’s learned advisor, Alcuin of York († 804), proposed two votive Masses in honour of the Blessed Virgin to be celebrated on that day. From the 11th century to the present day, the …

DID YOU KNOW…

…why Latin is the official language of the Church?

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
In the first community of believers in Jerusalem, the Liturgy was probably celebrated in Aramaic, while Hebrew was reserved for reading the Holy Scriptures. After the fall of the Holy City in 70 AD and the expansion of the Church throughout the Roman Empire, Koine Greek became the lingua franca …

THE VOICE OF THE POPES

A Certain Infinite Dignity of Mary

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 223, May 2026
Chosen from all eternity The Mother of the Redeemer has a precise place in the plan of salvation. […] She is present even “before the creation of the world,” as the one whom the Father “has chosen” as Mother of His Son in the Incarnation. And, what is more, together …

TREASURES OF MSGR. JOÃO

Embraced by Mary

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 223, May 2026
In his first epistle, written when he was advanced in years, St. John the Evangelist exhorts his disciples to always remain in Our Lord Jesus Christ through the observance of the Commandments, particularly the love of God and of neighbour. He, who in the past was called the “son of …
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