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LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew - Faithful Assistant of Jesus’ Great Friend

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 11, nº 116, June 2017
Favoured with innumerable mystical graces from childhood, she imbibed the Teresian spirit at its very source, being the nurse, secretary, and travel companion of the great reformer of Carmel. Entrusting her little daughter Anne to the care of the two girls sewing on the porch of their residence, the mother …

WHAT DOES THE CATECHISM SAY?

Fidelity to the Lay Vocation

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 222, April 2026
The teachings in this paragraph, a true compendium of the lay vocation, correspond to number 31 of the Constitution Lumen Gentium of the Second Vatican Council. In it we read the three main theological topics that underpin this vocation. First, the text recalls that the laity are incorporated into Christ …

THE SUNDAY LITURGY

The Obviousness of Truth

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 220, February 2026
February 15 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time “There is no need to state the obvious.” For centuries, this adage has often been uttered to attest to how redundant and superfluous it is to state what is evident. However, in this time of profound religious relativism and increasing spiritual insensibility, …

TREASURES OF MSGR. JOÃO

“My thoughts are higher than your thoughts”

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 220, February 2026
The fame of John the Baptist had marked the history of Israel, and public opinion was still under the influence of that unusual man, who ate locusts and wild honey, dressed in camel skin and a leather belt. Providence had bestowed graces upon him, and countless comments circulated about him, …

STORY FOR CHILDREN

Obedience Is the Best Route

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 14, nº 157, November 2020
It was our goal to discover distant lands! To obtain it, we would stop at nothing. And if the captain was not equal to such a glorious mission, there was no choice but to disobey... “It was May 6, 1503. The water was particularly cold that night. Contrary to predictions, …

INSIDE FRONT COVER

Birthday of Pope Leo XIV

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025
Scripture recounts that the giving of the primacy to Peter at Caesarea Philippi was followed by the first proclamation of the Passion and glorious Resurrection of Christ (cf. Mt 16:13-21), perhaps indicating that if the luminous way of the cross must be walked by every disciple of Jesus (cf. Mt …

OUR READERS ASK

Our Readers Ask

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025
Since I was little, I have always heard that walking under a ladder or sweeping someone’s feet brings bad luck, that eating lentils on New Year’s brings prosperity, that in order to find a lost object you need to give three little hops for St. Longinus, and other such things. …

EDITORIAL

Mary, the Best Interpreter of the Word of God

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025
The Sacred Scriptures were written by God Himself, through the pens of various authors. In this sense, the Bible bears a certain analogy to the hypostatic union, for, as the latter unites human and divine natures, the pages of the former involve the participation of both. Now, even united to …

THE VOICE OF THE POPES

How Should the Bible Be Interpreted?

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 19, nº 215, September 2025
A topic of paramount importance The interpretation of Sacred Scripture is of paramount importance to the Christian Faith and the life of the Church. “Indeed, in the Sacred Books,” as the Council rightly reminded us, “the Father who is in Heaven lovingly comes to meet His children and converses with …

THE VOICE OF THE POPES

Learning From the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 4, nº 35, September 2010
All of us, sons and daughters of the Church, must be disciples of the Angelic Doctor—at least to some extent—and learn from his masterpiece, the “Summa Theologiae”. Today I would like to complete, with a third instalment, my Catecheses on St. Thomas Aquinas. Even more than 700 years after his …
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