Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

A Stepping-Stone for Devotion to Our Lady

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 …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, April 2023

Under the Protection of a Heavenly Mother

She fell asleep in the Lord on the morning of April 21, 1968, while making a serene and majestic Sign of the Cross. Now her mission in eternal life is to make the goodness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus more tangible to men. The help that this noble and …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, March 2021

Relief for a Mother’s Heart

The profound alterations in mentalities and customs that shook the world in that historical context were followed by political revolutions. However, while in some countries revolutionary minorities provoked bloodbaths, in vast and laid-back Brazil, the reluctance to fight almost always overcame the desire to win. In most instances, political manoeuvring …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, June 2024

A Restorative Conversion

Dear reader, the text you are about to read is not just the story of a grace received through the intercession of Dona Lucilia. It is, in fact, the inspiring account of a conversion, which shows us this lady's motherly knack for removing obstacles along a painful journey. At the …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 29, February 2024

A Quick Solution for a Complex Problem

There are certain “coincidences” that science cannot explain; miracles and supernatural interventions are beyond its scope. And in some cases, the divine manifestations and unexpected aid received are difficult for even people of great faith to comprehend. One such cases is reported by Dr. Gianne Donato Costa Veloso, a haematologist …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 28, February 2026

Motherly Corrections

Naughtiness and wrongdoings come up in the ordinary life of any child. Sometimes a window is broken, a cake is ruined, milk is spilled… Nevertheless, those whose are responsible for correcting faults must do so for the sake of the love for order and discipline, without giving way to disproportionate …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, June 2025

A Mother Who Watches over the Health of Body and Soul

A mother is the person we call on from our earliest childhood, to overcome any difficulty. There is no one who has not experienced trials and complications throughout their life that only a mother’s good heart has been able to understand and resolve. The stories presented in this issue show …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, January 2024

Devastating Disaster, Prodigious Cure

Dona Lucilia Corrêa de Oliveira photographed by Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, shortly before her death In perusing the Gospel narrative, at a certain point we come upon a particularly moving episode: having pity on ten lepers, Our Lord cures them, but only one returns to express his gratitude for …

Sr. Ana Lúcia Iamasaki - 30, June 2020

“Let your light shine before men”

Dona Lucilia has been extremely generous in her displays of affection and compassion for those who seek her help. So much so that, as this noble lady is a mirror of Mary’s goodness and love, one can apply to her St. Bernard’s words in the Memorare: never was it known …

Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, April 2020

Final Acts of Piety

To break the monotony of each day following the same routine as the last, Dr. Plinio took his mother from time to time for a walk along Alagoas Street,1 where they lived. He never took her so far as Buenos Aires Square, thinking it unwise to cross the extremely busy …

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, April 2025

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