HGM174 - April 2022

Benevolence, Goodness and Affection

In the last months of Dona Lucilia’s earthly life, there was visible manifestation of the gifts with which Providence had so generously adorned her...

“Kintsugi” and the Art of Divine Pardon

We live in a society that has become accustomed to the disposable, the practical and the ephemeral, and which is, as a consequence, increasingly...

The Happiest Donkey in History

The ninth hour had already passed, and the sun still beat strongly upon the village of Bethphage, situated on the outskirts of Bethany. The...

Church and World Events

Statue of Our Lady withstands landslides Countless reports of natural or man-made disasters, including floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, fires, illnesses, attacks and wars, have alarmed...

Heralds Worldwide

Consecrations to Mary Brazil – The solemn consecrations to Our Lady according to the method of St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort are on the...

Spiritual Composure

Dona Lucilia’s conformity with the spirit of the Church made her a loyal fulfiller of its religious practices. In those bygone days of the...

Conformism or Intransigence?

Conformism… A deplorable mentality at the root of so many disasters throughout history! It turned Lot’s wife into a statue of salt (cf. Gn...

St. John Baptist de La Salle – The Jordan of Grace

Man’s life is like the field grasses that fourish in the morning but wither away in the evening; its memory passes like a garment...

Precious Lessons from the Resurrection

In the three days during which Our Lord lay dead, all seemed irremediably lost in the eyes of those who had known Him, with...

Emmanuele Brunatto – Persecuting the Persecutors of Padre Pio

Perhaps there was no place in the Europe of 1919 that surpassed Gargano in peace and tranquillity, a promontory which harmonized both the ruggedness...

“I’ll become a famous nun!”

In the 21st century, more than two thousand years after the supreme Sacrifice on Calvary, holiness is often thought to be a passé ideal,...

The Trial of Our Lord Jesus Christ – The Encounter Between Two Pontiffs

Turning the pages of the Gospels, we are moved when we contemplate the marvels Our Saviour accomplished when He “became flesh and dwelt among...