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The Most Sublime Moment
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 221, March 2026
The hour of the holocaust one makes of oneself to God is the most sublime moment in a man’s life. It is, consequently, the moment in which he is willing to face supreme risks for a true and extremely high ideal. It is the moment in which he presents himself …
ST. THOMAS EXPLAINS
Why Are Liturgical Vestments Used?
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
A PROPHET FOR OUR TIMES
Love for the “Unum” of the Holy Church
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
THE SUNDAY LITURGY
The Church that Jesus Desired
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
April 12 – 2nd Sunday of Easter Among the countless eloquent expressions that French ingenuity has devised throughout the centuries to express certain attitudes of the human spirit, we find the following: “Si j’étais le Bon Dieu… – If I were the Good God…” This refers to the age-old temptation …
THE SUNDAY LITURGY
The Process of Conversion
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
April 19 – 3rd Sunday of Easter The spiritual life is a process. No one becomes holy overnight, and no one falls from one day to the next; everything happens step by step, both ascending and descending, for this is the normal path in the state of trial in which …
HISTORY – LIFE’S TEACHER
Giovanni Gabrieli and Sacred Music - Sing Unto the Lord a New Song
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
SPLENDOURS OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION
The Organ of Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica - A Stained-Glass Window of Sounds
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
DID YOU KNOW…
Did You Know…
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
…that the world’s smallest basilica is in Brazil? 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 …
LIVES OF THE SAINTS
Venerable Therese of St. Augustine - A Carmelite from a Fairy-tale
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
DONA LUCILIA
The Seed of a Glorious Future
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 218, December 2025
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 …
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