Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 20, nº 227, September 2026
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Lives of the Saints - Heralds Magazine
St. Crispin of Viterbo - He Lived Happily and Died Content
“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous” (Ps 32:1); “Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!” (Ps 119:1). These and many other teachings of the Psalms can be cited to show how virtue and true joy always go hand in hand. The …
Sr. Clotilde Neuburger
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30, April 2016
St. Isidore of Seville - The Last Father of the Western Church
Slowly, deeply, and solemnly, the bells of the Church of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem, the most important in Seville, announced the departure from this world of Archbishop Isidore, admirable for his knowledge, his writings and, most especially for his upright life. It was April 4, 636. Clothed in episcopal …
Sr. Maria Beatriz Matos
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31, March 2016
St. Patrick - A Fire That Will Never be Extinguished
Shrouded in Atlantic mist and wrapped in a mantle of green, Ireland, in northern Europe, is compared to “an emerald set in the sea.” 1 If we unveil its scenario at the dawn of the fifth century, we find a country leagues behind the rest. Situated at the edge of …
Sr. Elizabeth Veronica MacDonald
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29, February 2016
St. John of Avila - He Enraptured Multitudes
Around two in the morning, a growing multitude began moving toward the church to reserve their places before sunrise. What was about to happen? Why so much excitement at such an hour? Some less-informed inhabitants peered from their windows to inquire about the commotion. They all got the same answers …
Sr. Clotilde Neuburger
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30, April 2015
St. Vincent Ferrer - The Saint Who Opposed Tepidity
“The wind blows where it wills...” (Jn 3:8). In His renowned nocturnal conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus used this image to explain to this Pharisee how the Holy Spirit acts in souls. God has a plan for each person, endowing everyone with adequate graces to attain holiness, but to some He …
Sr. Juliane Campos
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31, March 2014
St. Odilo of Cluny - The “Archangel of the Monks”
Through the gift of vocation, God traces out a specific path of sanctification for each of His children and provides natural and supernatural abilities that favour the fulfilment of this individual and unique calling. But He also invites us to place these talents, in one way or another, at the …
Sr. Carmela Werner
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31, December 2013
St. John Chrysostom - The Power of the Word
The Word of God has irresistible power. It is the most powerful weapon that exists; a weapon of conquest and of transformation, far more powerful than an atomic bomb! A well prepared sacred preacher, who transmits the revealed word, has in his hands a true treasure of influence and of …
Angela Maria Tomé
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31, August 2013
St. Damien de Veuster - Father and Servant to the Lepers
Throughout history, the scourge of leprosy has been one of the most expressive symbols of misery, desolation and abandonment. To this day, few misfortunes have equalled the disgrace provoked by this disease, which medical records of every time and place register with drastic descriptions which even the most vivid imaginations …
Sr. Carmela Werner
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31, March 2013
St. Anthony of Padua - The Smiling... and Fighting Saint
It was the year 1221. In the austere Franciscan convent of Forli, Italy, some sons of St. Francis and St. Dominic had gathered for a liturgical celebration, during which several religious received the Sacrament of Holy Orders. At the end of the ceremony, the Provincial of the Friars Minor asked …
Sr. Maria Teresa Ribeiro Matos
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31, May 2012
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier - Isthmus Leading to Divine Mercy
The island of Noirmoutier emerges like the prow of a ship from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, not far from the mouth of the Loire River. The island is separated from the continent by a narrow sea channel. In 1770 it was found that it could be reached by …
Sr. Clara Isabel Morazzani
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31, March 2012