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Dona Lucilia - Heralds Magazine

Resigned to God’s Will

Once, when bedridden with pains and a high fever – perhaps an omen of his impending death – Dr. Antônio said he had seen the ghost of a friend, whose life had been far from praiseworthy, enter his room through the window. The phantom sat at the foot of the …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2021

The Choice of a Vocation in God’s Hands

As she approached the age of thirty, during long hours of quiet contemplation mingled with vocal prayer, the desire for the religious life became increasingly defined in Lucilia’s soul. However, even beyond her virtuous aspirations to the lofty and sublime was the determination to fulfil God’s will, even if this …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, September 2021

The Reward of Those Who “Cry Out Even Louder”

Hearing the clamour of the crowd approaching, the blind man began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many of the people about him were alarmed, and some rudely ordered him to remain silent. But in vain, for the wretched man cried out even louder… And …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, August 2021

A Lamp at the Feet of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

With the advancing years, Dona Lucilia was naturally obliged to curtail her domestic duties, little by little, as her strength waned. But she did not give way to inactivity; and she filled her free moments with her preferred occupation: prayer – that quiet company kept with the Sacred Heart of …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, July 2021

Help of the Weak and Hope of the Sick

“For some things, science has an explanation; for others, only God has the answer.” With these words, Patricia de Fátima Silva, from Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), closes the account of how her young son underwent sixty-seven hospitalizations and seven hundred and fifty days of hospital treatment without shedding a …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 30, June 2021

Assistance, Protection and Security

T he words of the Psalmist could be applied to the incomparable goodness of Dona Lucilla towards those who implore her aid: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil” (Ps 23:4), for under her maternal shawl they find refuge, protection and …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, May 2021

Uncertain Human Solutions, Efficacious Divine Interventions

Jesus says in the Gospel that “every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Mt 7:8). And those who have recourse to the benevolent intercession of Dona Lucilia have found the gates of Divine Providence not only open, but …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 28, February 2021

Motherly and Infallible Assistance

Sudden healings, anonymous donations and unexpected solutions... How can these things be explained? For a more naturalistic spirit, they may seem the work of mere chance, but for souls who have had recourse to Dona Lucilia’s intercession, the answer is clear: they reveal not only the hand, but also the …
Elizabete Fátima Astorino - 31, December 2020

Synthesis of Kindness and Unbreakable Firmness

Discernment of psychologies was one of the many gifts with which Providence endowed Dona Lucilia for the perfect fulfilment of her mission as mother and educator. She similarly knew how to discern among the friends of Dr. Plinio, who were the true ones, from the occasional one that was not. …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 30, November 2020

Serene Pilgrimage Along the Path of Old Age

Certain wines, in order to give their best to those who will taste them, are stored in the solitude of deep cellars, out of the sunlight. There, over a period of years and decades, their flavour is refined, they acquire a rich bouquet, their harsh aftertaste mellows, and even their …
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP - 31, August 2020

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