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Educator - “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ”

If we could interview the Apostles and ask them what moved them to leave everything to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ, it is certain that we would hear the most diverse answers. For one, it would have been the Master’s kind and penetrating gaze; for another, the power that His …
Sr. Mary Teresa MacIsaac - 07, November 2024

Faithful Son of the Church - “With the Church we will conquer”

In paying homage to a father, no matter how solemn the act, it is only natural to dedicate part of it to recalling a few memories – especially when in a family setting! Therefore, I beg your indulgence as I reconstruct a particularly unforgettable scene from our youth. I say …
Fr. Alex de Brito, EP - 07, November 2024

Priest of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Consumed with Zeal for the Renewal of the Face of the Earth

It was June 15, 2005. Dcn. João, accompanied by fourteen companions of ideal, were about to be ordained priests in the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in São Paulo, in the same place where, almost fifty years previously, he had first met Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, his spiritual …
Fr. Carlos Javier Werner, EP - 07, November 2024

Mystical Life - The Mere Outline of a Mystery…

“What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand” (Jn 13:7). This phrase addressed by Our Lord to St. Peter, during the washing of the feet, easily springs to the mind of anyone looking to discuss the mystical life of Msgr. João. The impressions are …
Fr. Rodrigo Fugiyama, EP - 07, November 2024

Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament - A Eucharistic Man

The great St. Ignatius of Loyola was once asked what he would do if a decree were to come from the Pope closing down the Society of Jesus. In all simplicity, he replied that he would need fifteen minutes to retire to the chapel and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. …
Sr. Adriana María Sánchez - 07, November 2024

Relationship with the Blessed Virgin - In the Arms of Mary

In the first pages of his work dedicated to Mary Most Holy1, the last he left us before departing for eternity, Msgr. João describes the itinerary of his own Marian devotion, citing the biblical figure of Jacob’s ladder, the ends of which touched earth and Heaven. The mysterious rungs contemplated …
Fr. Santiago Ignacio Morazzani, EP - 07, November 2024

Expiatory Victim for the Holy Church - He Suffered with Christ, to Be Glorified with Him

In following the articles in this special issue of Heralds of the Gospel magazine and considering the numerous achievements attributed to Msgr. João, a reader who knew him but little might imagine that his life progressed in a straight line, from triumph to triumph until his departure for eternity, without …
Sr. Maria Beatriz Matos - 07, November 2024

Mission “post mortem” - Sunset or Dawn?

The reader who has perused this special edition of Heralds of the Gospel magazine, a posthumous tribute to Msgr. João, has most likely done so out of a more or less conscious desire to gain a complete picture of him. Nevertheless, upon arriving at this article, one might experience the …
Fr. Marcos Faes, EP - 07, November 2024

Solemn Obsequies for the Soul of Msgr. João

Numerous spiritual sons and daughters from different countries, together with countless of the faithful, gathered on November 1, 2024 at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Caieiras (SP), for the solemn exequies of Msgr. João ­Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP. The ceremonies began with the reception of the …
Editorial team - 07, November 2024

Is the Existence of Purgatory Biblically Based?

Throughout history, humanity has sought to investigate the fate of the soul after death, and on this path to eternity perplexities have frequently arisen about the existence of Purgatory. It is true that we will not find any explicit references to the word Purgatory in the Holy Scriptures, but does …
Cristian Francisco Jesús Montes - 31, October 2024

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