The Sunday Liturgy - Heralds Magazine

The Sunday Liturgy - Heralds Magazine

“Unless you repent you will likewise perish”

It was a general belief among the Hebrew people that any misfortune befalling someone was due either to their own sins or those of their parents. It was for this reason that, coming upon a blind man, the disciples once asked Jesus whether this deficiency was his own fault or …

Fr. César Javier Díez Juárez, EP - 28, February 2025

How to Rid Ourselves of Impenitence and Pride

The prodigal son sinned gravely against God and against his father. Not even the sincere movement of his conversion is free from self-interest: “How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger” (Lk 15:17). Nevertheless, he accepts with simplicity the …

Fr. Eduardo Caballero Baza, EP - 28, February 2025

Pardoning Is the Work of a Giant

Today’s Gospel, to be read together with St. Matthew’s (cf. Mt 5:38-48), invites us to have the soul of a giant and to be magnanimous;1 to love our enemies and do good to those who hate us, blessing those who curse us and praying for those who slander us (cf. …

Fr. François Bandet, EP - 31, January 2025

Sanctity: The Axis of History

The excerpts from the Word of God chosen by the Holy Church for the Liturgy of this solemnity can help us to contemplate history in a way very different from the tedious succession of dates and facts that we learn in school. Yes, because this great process that unfolds under …

Fr. Ignacio Montojo, EP - 31, October 2025

The Day to Help Those Who Have Left Us

The Church can be compared to a magnificent palace with three interconnected levels. On the highest level is the Church Triumphant, in which the saints – those who did violence to Heaven (cf. Mt 11:12), entered “by the narrow door” (Lk 13:24) and heard the sweet call: “enter into the …

Fr. Isoldino José Quintão, EP - 31, October 2025

Venerable and Symbolic Stones

Just as people receive Baptism, sacred buildings are also “baptized” or, to use more appropriate terms, consecrated or dedicated to God. If there is a ritual to bless family homes, why should there not be something similar for buildings intended for divine worship? The Temple of Jerusalem – erected to …

Fr. Rafael Schindler, EP - 31, October 2025

The End of My World

Two moments are crucial in a man’s existence: his birth and his departure from this world. The banished children of Eve experience exceptional rest in both circumstances: upon entering life, the child is placed in a cradle, a place associated with hope for what it will become in the future; …

Fr. Thiago Geraldo, EP - 31, October 2025

Mary: The Way to the Eucharist

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ invites us to contemplate the excellence of divine wisdom: God, in the immensity of His love, makes Himself food to remain with us in the innermost depths of our being. As Scholasticism teaches, every agent acts in proportion and …

Fr. Millon Barros, EP - 31, May 2026

“No night is eternal”

The unalterable regularity with which the celebrations of the Liturgical Year unfold, despite the fluctuations of earthly events, is a demonstration of the celestial majesty of the Church, always loftily surpassing the capricious ebb and flow of human passions. Grand, but not indifferent, she uses the Liturgy to manifest herself …

Fr. Carlos Adriano Santos, EP - 01, April 2026

We Thank You, Lord, for Persecutions!

How many saints expressed their gratitude to God for being persecuted, giving unequivocal proof that they understood this Sunday’s Gospel! In it, we encounter the most sublime preaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ: the Sermon on the Mount. The most sublime, yes, and the most radical. Only divine lips could …

Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP - 01, February 2026

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