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St. Thomas Explains - Heralds Magazine

Why Read the Bible?

What is our aim when we listen to a lecture, watch a play, read a book, or, in short, come into contact with any kind of text? In the first part of the work “This is the Book of God’s Commandments,” one of his first lectures, St. Thomas explains what …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

Does the Eucharist Prevent Future Sins?

“Prevention is better than cure,” as the proverb says. Whether in the field of medicine or security, prevention is considered the best way to avoid illnesses and incidents. Any intervention is always more traumatic than precautionary actions. From the outset, Divine Providence provided for the existence of life on this …
Fr. Mario Beccar Varela, EP - 01, June 2026

Why One?

Simply contemplating the work of creation provides man with a prodigious kaleidoscope of divine perfections. As an example, let us consider the migratory movement of Canada geese. Who has not marvelled at the wisdom manifested in them? They cross thousands of kilometres flying always together, in an impeccable “V” formation, …
Editorial team - 01, February 2026

Beware of False Prophets!

Fraud has been a part of human life ever since the Fall in Paradise: original sin arose precisely through a deception of the Serpent, and its ravages did not end there… After Sarah laughed at the divine promise that she would bear a son in her old age, she lied …
Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP - 01, August 2026

Alliance Between Counsel and Mercy

St. Thomas Aquinas establishes an interesting relationship between the gift of counsel and the fifth beatitude: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5:7). To better understand this connection, it is necessary, first of all, to recall the role of the fruits of the Holy Spirit and …
Editorial team - 01, April 2026

Hail Mary, Full of Grace

St. Thomas Aquinas’s childhood was not without a singular episode of “disobedience”… Once, as a little child, he happened to come across a small scroll. Refusing stubbornly to let go of it, he wept bitterly as attempts were made to take it from him by force. His poor nanny even …
Editorial team - 01, May 2026

Is it More Meritorious to Love an Enemy or a Friend?

The coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the revelation of the commandment of love profoundly transformed human relationships. Until then, justice was limited to the rigour of the law of retaliation: “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” (Ex 21:24). By uttering the divine words: …
Fr. Cyril Avinash, EP - 01, July 2026

Does the Efficacy of Grace Constrain Free Will?

Omnia est gratia – Everything is grace in the supernatural realm. Man, left to his own devices, is incapable of taking a single step towards effective union with God. Without divine assistance, there is no conversion, spiritual progress, or holiness, and it is impossible to merit eternal life.1 Faced with …
Editorial team - 01, March 2026

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