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Lives of the Saints - Heralds Magazine

The Patriarch Abraham - Confidence Against All Hope

“Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation” (Gn 12:1-2). Over the millennia, Abraham’s descendants have repeated this passage countless times, marking the beginning of the great patriarch’s vocation. The …
Sr. Lucilia Lins Brandão Veas - 30, September 2025

St. Joshua - You Will Lead this People to the Promised Land

In a certain city in ancient Egypt, a shocking scene was witnessed. It was early spring, close to midnight. In several humble houses throughout the city, fresh blood was dripping from the doorposts. Fortunately, it was not from human sacrifices, but from the immolation of lambs, consummated at dusk with …
Luis Felipe Toniolo - 31, August 2024

Venerable Francisco de Paula Tarín - A Tireless Apostle of Rural Spain

In the first decades of the 19th century, Spain faced a strong anti-clerical movement, which instilled in souls doubts and prejudices about the Catholic Church, if not outright and violent hatred. At the same time, however, Providence did not fail to raise up valiant pastors who would uncover the errors …
Salvador López - 30, November 2023

St. Radegunde - A Life of Splendid Contrasts

It was during the fifteenth century that John, Duke of Berry, brother of King Charles V of France, asked for a fragment of St. Radegunde’s body to be placed in his chapel in Bourges. With authorization obtained, the tomb was opened and to the surprise of all, the body was …
Sr. Maria Beatriz Matos - 31, July 2023

Blessed Francisco Marto - “I Suffer to Console Our Lord”

In the period between the apparitions of Fatima and the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the Most Holy Virgin produced in their souls a work of perfection that made them worthy to figure among the great Saints of the Church. In casting her gaze upon these little shepherds, Our …
Sr. Carmela Werner - 31, March 2017

St. Francis of Paola - For Him, Anything Was Possible

A curious event was stirring the town of Paola that night. The inhabitants, gathered around a peasant’ home, were anxiously watching something that was happening there. Giacomo, the owner of the house, noticing the commotion outside his door, came out to see what was happening and was amazed to discover …
Daniel Vinicius Almeida - 31, March 2021

St. Athanasius of Alexandria - Herald of the Truth, Courageous Athlete of the Faith

It was the year 325. Although relative peace reigned in the Church due to the fact that Emperor Constantine had given full liberty to worship, a serious dilemma furtively mounted within her… It was necessary to take a resolute position to combat a danger a thousand times worse than the …
Sr. Ariane Heringer, EP - 30, April 2018

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist - Confiscated by the Lord

It is proper to a foundation to support the building without being considered or even seen; although indispensable, it remains hidden. The foundations of the Church are the twelve Apostles (cf. Rv 21:14), whose exceptional virtue has moved the devotion of Catholics of all times. However, if the magnitude of …
Sr. Maria Cecília Veas - 31, August 2025

Blessed Maria Concepción Cabrera de Armida - The Cross and Love Embrace

The extravagant Queen Christina of Sweden liked to apply the following maxim to herself: “There are people for whom everything is permitted and nothing goes wrong.”1 Analysing the axiom as a rule of conduct, common sense would certainly correct the queen’s presumption… But viewed in the horizons of Faith, it …
Bianca Maria dos Santos - 29, February 2024

St. Catherine of Siena - She Lived on Earth as if She Were in Heaven

God, in His infinite wisdom, sets out for each member of the faithful a specific path of sanctification, granting special graces for the fulfilment of this calling. Some He chooses for missions of exceptional importance. These are providential souls, destined to reveal the divine will for a particular epoch and …
Isabelle Farias - 31, March 2021

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