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Did You Know… - Heralds Magazine

Did You Know…

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 the splendid natural panorama even lovelier, especially because …
Editorial team - 30, November 2025

Did You Know…

When a loved one passes away, we often hear the comment: “At least they will not suffer any more…” However, this expression denotes an incomplete view of supernatural realities. Is it not true that the deceased may be suffering incomparably greater pains in Purgatory, and in need of our help? …
Editorial team - 30, April 2025

Did You Know…

Considered barbarian behaviour and despised by Greco-Latin culture, genuflection had little value in antiquity. The aversion is not hard to understand: how could one kneel before pagan deities, capricious beings from whom one sought sympathy only to obtain certain personal benefits? Men would demean themselves – and they knew it …
Editorial team - 30, June 2025

Did You Know…

The thirty-metre-high statue built on the peak of Corcovado – one of the most enchanting spots in Rio de Janeiro – soon became the main symbol of the Brazilian nation and earned a place among the seven wonders of the modern world. More beautiful than the sculpture itself and the …
Editorial team - 31, July 2025

Did You Know…

In the Holy Scriptures we find many passages in which certain providential men turn to God in prayer with their arms open. During the Israelites’ battle against Amalek, for example, Moses was on the top of the mountain interceding for the people with his arms raised to Heaven. As long …
Editorial team - 31, May 2025

Did You Know…

Among the temperate outbursts of joy that mark the ceremony of the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, one stands out for its candid and solemn effusiveness. It is the announcement of Easter, a moment in which the deacon, addressing the celebrant, makes a proclamation whose final word – silent …
Editorial team - 31, March 2025

Did You Know…

At the beginning of the Offertory of the Mass, the acolyte hands the priest or deacon the chalice and paten covered by a small veil of the colour corresponding to the liturgical day, taking care that the sacred vessels remain hidden from the assembly. The chalice is then placed on …
Editorial team - 31, January 2025

Did You Know…

The refreshing contact of fingertips with holy water, followed by the superior spiritual refreshment of making the Sign of the Cross, usually marks the transition between the hustle and bustle of the street and the peace of the sacred precinct when entering a Catholic church. But have you ever wondered …
Editorial team - 31, December 2024

Did You Know…

Thanks to a long-standing tradition, ancient manuscripts and recent archaeological studies, we now have more information about the house of Nazareth – the place where the Blessed Virgin lived since childhood and received the announcement from the Archangel St. Gabriel – which was miraculously transported by Angels during the Muslim …
Editorial team - 28, February 2025

The French Saint Who Was Not French

St. Martin of Tours, by Master of Fonollosa - Episcopal Museum of Vic (Spain) The son of an official of the Roman army, St. Martin was born in the year 316 in Sabaria, in present-day Hungary. Although of pagan parentage, he became acquainted with Christianity at 10 years of age …
Dcn. Sebastián Velásquez, EP - 30, April 2015

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