Monsignor João’s Final Months
Like the sun that, as it sets, casts its most beautiful rays, Msgr. João’s last months on this earth were the corollary and quintessence of his life, as well as the dawn of a new form of closeness between him and his spiritual children.
Love that Crosses the Threshold of Eternity
To think that God assumed our nature in order to lavish His divine love upon us through a human Heart is enough to move a heart of stone! From all eternity, how He longs to come into contact with us! This Heart loves us without limits and imparts to us goodness, gifts, and virtues. I […]
Brief biographical outline – A Mission Begun in Time and Perpetuated in Eternity
“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”
Childhood of the Founder of the Heralds of the Gospel
The early years of Msgr. João bear witness to how the dawn of life, when lived in the light of innocence, can determine the course of a unique vocation.
Perfect Disciple of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira – One Heart, One Soul
A most devoted spiritual son, Msgr. João made of his life a perpetual act of admiration and restitution to his father. The profound union that God established between them merged them in a single story of fidelity, in the firmament of the Church.
Msgr. João and Dona Lucilia – A Treasure Hidden amid the Ruins of Christendom
As a disciple of Dr. Plinio, Msgr. João became closely acquainted with his virtuous mother, Dona Lucilia, and the brief but sublime relationship between them would mark him forever.
The Founder – Following the Path of God’s Ambassadors
As well as being the initiator of an institution, the founder is an undisputed model of conduct, an attentive teacher and a “rock of scandal”, ready to counteract the deviations and errors of his time. How do these glorious epithets apply to Msgr. João?
The paternity of Msgr. João in relation to his disciples – “He is a father and a mother!”
Those who only knew the public side of Msgr. João may fail to realize the richness of his personality, expressed in the affection he poured out on his spiritual children.
Knight of the Holy Church – “You are of the race of heroes and saints!”
“Knights present who hear me, listen to the groans of Zion.” The expression is extremely illustrative: in every historic era, Zion – that is, the Holy Church – groans, waiting for heroes to defend her. And Msgr. João’s life consisted of answering that call.
Educator – “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ”
Msgr. Joaõ dedicated his life to forming the living stones with which Our Lady will build her Reign. Whatever field of human endeavour a Herald considers, there he will find his founder’s footprints, his word, his example and his blood.