History – Life’s Teacher - Heralds Magazine

History – Life’s Teacher - Heralds Magazine

The Renaissance - The Past Has its Novelties

There are two ways of understanding the present: as the past of the future and as the future of the past. And let the reader not think that this introduction is a mere play on words. It is an indisputable fact – almost a platitude – that previous centuries have …

Alessandro Tiso - 31, March 2025

Giovanni Gabrieli and Sacred Music - Sing Unto the Lord a New Song

Perhaps few things are as difficult to express in words as music! In its varied and vast scope, the universe of music amounts to an art form that, without exaggeration, can be said to verge on the infinite, for it somehow participates in the immateriality proper to spirits. That being …

Fábio Henrique Costa - 30, November 2025

The Vulgate Bible - A “Betrayal” of the Word of God?

Injustice can penetrate even the most unsuspected areas of human culture. The proof is that it has infiltrated proverbs, as exemplified by the Italian adage: “Traduttore traditore – The translator is a traitor.” But, despite the insult it casts on the honourable profession, this aphorism has its grain of truth. …

Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins - 31, August 2025

Fr. Walter Joseph Ciszek, SJ - Complete Surrender to the Divine Will

We know that the journey of human life is not made up solely or even mostly of joys and pleasures, but that it is frequently punctuated by unspeakable suffering and disastrous situations that clash with our aspirations… How to conform oneself to God’s will in circumstances like these? The story …

Guilherme Thiago Motta - 30, April 2025

1,700 Years Since the Council of Nicaea - Five Lessons for Today

If history is life’s teacher, we can judge an institution that has existed for two millennia to be privileged! Nothing, except the ever-new action of Providence, is new for the Catholic Church. In the face of the unprecedented storms of the 21st century, she can proudly say: “I have seen …

Gabriel Marques dos Santos - 31, May 2025

The Black Death - When Calamities Teach Humanity

There are several ways to read a book. In one of them, a person understands the meaning of the sentences, the simple combination of words, phrases and paragraphs almost mathematically, experiencing a brief dose of impressions that the plot may arouse. When talking to a reader like this, we will …

Marcos Vinícius Santos - 31, July 2025

Duchess Sophie Chotek von Hohenberg - Marital Fidelity Taken to the Extreme

June 28, 1900. With a determined mind, Archduke Franz Ferdinand – heir presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – accepted the destiny reserved for his future wife, Countess Sophie Chotek, and the children that God would give them, signing the terms of a renunciation that deprived them of …

Sr. Luciana Niday - 30, June 2025

Martyrdom of the brothers Justus and Pastor - Sanctity Knows No Age

Another day was drawing to a close in one of the countless Roman cities of the early fourth century. While the increasingly decadent pagans were indulging their unbridled thirst for pleasure, the Christians were preparing to head out stealthily into the deserted alleys to collect the relics of the heroes …

Vinícius Lima - 30, June 2025

The Crystal Defended by the Lion

The fourth century was an epoch of war, and of the worst kind there is: that which unfolds in times of peace. The persecution of the Christians by Roman paganism had ceased with the imperial edicts granting freedom to the Church. But then arose the threat of threats, crueller than …

José Manuel Gómez - 31, August 2025

The Flight of Dom John VI - An Exodus Between Life and Death

The sun showed itself without veils that day: it seemed to want to contemplate itself in the calm waters of the river, while drying the tears of that desolate crowd. In the current, highlighted by the reflections of the king star, dozens of boats could be seen moving away. They …

Fernando Joaquim Costa - 28, February 2025

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