HGM223 - May 2026

Unshakable Certainty of Victory

The prophet Isaiah is a fighter and, at the same time, he is a contemplative of the fight. In this contemplation, he sees the enemies...

Reflection, Serenity and Judgement in the Art of Vermeer

What little is known about the life of one of the greatest masters of Baroque painting in the Netherlands, Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), seems to...

Heralds Worldwide

  United With the Redeemer in His Passion and Resurrection A s the apex of the Liturgical Year, the celebrations of the Easter Triduum are a...

An Effective Aid in Difficulties Great and Small

“Dona Lucilia!” is the first thought that, like a prayer, comes to the lips and hearts of many of her devotees in any difficulty....

St. James the Less, Apostle and Bishop of Jerusalem – Mirror of Christ

Orphanhood is one of the most terrible sufferings a man can endure. Something similar to this excruciating hardship undoubtedly assailed the Apostles when Our...

Victory or Defeat: It Is in Our Hands

Clausewitz,1 the renowned war strategist, asserts that one of the most effective combat manoeuvres consists of triumphing even before the battle begins. How? By...

Did You Know…

…how the Salve Regina originated? From one end of the earth to the other, no devout Catholic fails to raise to Heaven the most beautiful...

Elisha and his servant Gehazi – Gehazi’s “Reward”

Enveloped in grandeur and mystery, the prophets are key figures in history, and it is difficult to find souls comparable to them. However, the...

The Predestination of the Mother of God and Ours

Catechism of the Catholic Church §488 “God sent forth His Son” (Gal 4:4), but to “prepare a body for Him,” He wanted the free co-operation of...

The Queen of History

Chess has its mysteries. How can it be that a knight can perform an Olympic leap over a rook? That bishops can only glide...

Mary and the Church – Archetype of the Mystical Body of Christ

“The whole is worth more than the sum of its parts.” This well-known maxim is considered indisputable, a universal philosophical principle. Illustrious doctors have used...

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...