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Lives of the Saints - Heralds Magazine

Seven Holy Founders of the Servites - A Robust and Lush Tree

The task of telling the story of a founder is akin to the work of a botanist trying to describe the origin of a centuries-old tree. He can easily observe the flavour of the fruit, the splendour of the leaves, the strength of the branches, but… how can he penetrate …
Fernando Joaquim Costa - 31, January 2025

St. Luke the Evangelist - A Marian and Crystalline Soul, Fruit of Admiration

When biographical accounts of a saint are not plentiful, turning to his works and their fruits is a sure-fire way to make great discoveries about his person. In the case of St. Luke, the piety of the faithful would like to know who his parents were, how he spent his …
Sr. Lucilia Veas - 30, September 2024

St. Otto of Bamberg - From Lucifer’s Chancellor to Christ’s Ambassador

Never in history has there been a more skilful lawyer than Our Lord Jesus Christ. Among the utterances of the Divine Master, some seem to have been specially crafted with an artist’s chisel or weighed with a pharmacist’s scale, such is the precision of the message they convey and the …
Ney Henrique Meireles - 31, May 2024

St. Lutgardis of Aywières - Conquered by Divine Love from Childhood

In the distant year of 1182, a little girl with bright and lively eyes was born into a family in Tongres, a town in Belgium, and she was christened Lutgardis. As her personality developed, she showed a remarkable appetite for the supernatural life and an almost experiential sense of God’s …
Bruna Piva - 31, May 2023

St. Clotilde - “Your Faith Is Our Victory”

Sitting at the bedside of a newborn struggling against death was a young barbarian king. His head in his hands, his face half-covered by the long hair that symbolized the superiority of his origin, he did not hide his despair at the fate of his son: “Of course this child, …
Sr. Maria Teresa Matos - 31, May 2022

St. Nicholas of Flüe - Spectacle for Angels and Men

The Swiss Alps: a superbly enchanting, joyous and peaceful landscape. On one of the slopes of the beautiful cliffs, a shepherd blows his horn to gather his herd. The sun is already setting. In the village, some distance away, the bells of the Angelus are ringing. The man stands in …
Fábio Henrique Costa - 28, February 2022

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich – Spouse of Christ Crucified

With what devotion we should attend Holy Mass! In this sublime Sacrament, the Sacrifice of Calvary is renewed and Jesus makes Himself present every day in the Sacred Species, wherever in the world a priest pronounces the words: “This is my Body,” “This is the chalice of my Blood.” Thus, …
Sr. Mary Teresa MacIsaac - 01, February 2026

St. John Ogilvie - Martyr of the Faith, of the Papacy and of Priestly Celibacy

In 1580, Scotland found itself at a crossroads: its Catholic history, personified in the controversial figure of a queen imprisoned for her faith, Mary Stuart, confronted a turbulent present, agitated by the waves of John Knox’s political and religious revolution. What would the future hold? This dilemma was well symbolized …
Gabriel Marques dos Santos - 01, March 2026

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