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From Persecutors to Condemned

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 183, January 2023
The night of July 18 or 19 of 64 AD was the setting for the event that would mark the reign of Emperor Nero until the end of the world. A torrid summer oppressed the residents of Rome, the capital of an empire whose dimensions stretched to the limits of …

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Teachers Who Help Us See and Hear the Supernatural

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
After original sin, our capacity to relate to the spiritual world needs to be “awakened” and “educated” by the Angels. They help us to make up for our deficiency and learn a higher “language”. Guardian Angel - Basilica of Our Lady of Buenos Aires (Argentina) What must be the experience …

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The Fall of Symbolic Buildings: Harbinger of New Eras?

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
Is it a rule of history or a mysterious coincidence? What is certain is that the fall and ruin of especially symbolic buildings or cities is usually an eloquent sign of radical changes in the course of events. Humanity has been constructing for millennia. In fact, it is hard to …

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Fr. Frederick William Faber - Marian Theologian and Director of Souls

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 187, May 2023
Nineteenth-century England was the setting and mirror of significant ideological, material and religious transformations that in the subsequent centuries spread to other nations in Europe and, to a large extent, worldwide. From the ideological point of view, the winds of the French Revolution – whose testing ground was the favourite …

DONA LUCILIA

A Stepping-Stone for Devotion to Our Lady

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 187, May 2023
Dona Lucilia’s company was an oasis for Plinio. From her he learned, besides elevation, the giving of oneself taken to its ultimate consequences. The following comment is indicative of what an extraordinary aid she was to him, without which he would not have attained to the practice of virtue: “One …

PLINIO CORRÊA DE OLIVEIRA

Sublime Intimacy Between Child and Mother

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
Commenting on the feelings elicited in his soul by the contemplation of the fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Dr. Plinio describes the enchanting intensity of the relationship between the Child Jesus and His Most Holy Mother. The invocation of Our Lady of Good Counsel may appear, at first …

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

St. Francis of Paola - For Him, Anything Was Possible

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
A unique vocation arises amidst the moral decadence of the 15th century: a solitary who gathers crowds, a penitent who lives for twenty-four years in the courts, a prophet and wonder-worker who chooses to call himself “Minimo”. A curious event was stirring the town of Paola that night. The inhabitants, …

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An Unmistakably Portuguese Easter!

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
Among the almond sweets, prepared with chocolate, liqueur and multi-coloured sugar, there is a very inviting offering which, due to its special flavour and symbolism, is never refused by visitors: the Easter Folar. It is Easter day. You can hear the pealing of the bells from the top of the …

DONA LUCILIA

Under the Protection of a Heavenly Mother

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
During the fifty-two years that have elapsed since her departure for eternity, Dona Lucilia has heightened the manifestation of maternal affection that characterized her earthly life, pouring out countless graces upon all those who have recourse to her kind and unfailing intercession. She fell asleep in the Lord on the …

CHURCH AND WORLD EVENTS

Church and World Events

Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 15, nº 162, April 2021
China to Demolish Church for Being “Too Showy” The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, before and after intervention by the political authorities The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Yining, on China’s western border, is to be destroyed as part of the “sinicization” policy promoted by President Xi Jinping, on …
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