HGM194 - December 2023

The Beauty of Mary Immaculate

How the beauty of Mary Immaculate enraptures us! O beautiful Mother, by your amazing virtue, beautify my poor soul. Most Loving Heart of Jesus, I...

In Defence of the Immaculata!

It is night in Seville. The city is passionately engaged in the most stirring hours of its world-famous Holy Week: La Madrugá, that is,...

Memorable Symbol of a Viscount’s Patience

With one last embrace she tore herself away from all her loved ones. The girl was entering the Conceptionist monastery of the city to...

Church and World Events

Marian devotion grows in Bangladesh The Catholic community in Bangladesh is experiencing a surge in devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Rosary,...

Heralds Worldwide

  Legislature Honours Heralds’ Founder On October 23th, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo State (Alesp) paid homage to Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, founder of...

Discreet, Gentle and Maternal Action

To try to count the dewdrops that God sprinkles on the face of the earth during the night would be a futile undertaking… In...

Surrendered to the Love of the Heart of Jesus

A good teacher is one who has such mastery of the subject matter that his or her students feel complete assurance and satisfaction with...

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...

Holy Intransigence: One Aspect of the Immaculate Conception

In the life of the Church, piety is the key issue. Piety properly understood – not the routine and sterile repetition of formulas and...

Little Office of the Immaculate Conception – Hymn of Praise to the Immaculate

It is proper to rational creatures – that is, those capable of knowing and loving their Creator – to seek perfection not only for...

Immaculateness Personified

“I am the Immaculate Conception.” These simple words, with which Our Lady identified herself to St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, were the subject of...

The Centre of Creation Is Born, Dividing the Waters

Gospel – Nativity of the Lord – Mass at Dawn 15 When the Angels went away from them to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another,...