7 Characteristics of Young People Transformed by the Power of God, by Father Cristiano Pinheiro
In addition to Father Cristiano Pinheiro, the Youth Congress will also feature sermons from Emmir Nogueira and Moysés Azevedo.
Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Fr. Cristiano)
Homily – April 6th, 2023 – Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Jesus ‘loved His own, who are in the world, and loved them to the end’. And this ‘to the end’, from the Greek ‘eis télos’, implies 2 […]
Holy Tuesday Meditation (Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro)
Meditation – April 4th, 2023 – Holy Tuesday The account of the Gospel of John on the last hours of Jesus’ life is somewhat ‘suspenseful’. And we can misunderstand the account if we read it quickly; they actually need to be enjoyed in a ‘contemplative way’. Yesterday the Gospel led us to Bethany, where Jesus […]
Holy Week (Fr Cristiano) – Palm Sunday 2023
Homily – April 2nd, 2023 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, A Mt 21:1-11; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 To the best of our abilities, pain should always be alleviated, eased, healed and if possible, of course, avoided. But many times we will run into inevitable crosses. And […]
Daily Homilies of Father Cristiano are now available as podcasts
Shalom Catholic Community in New York is releasing the daily homilies of father Cristiano Pinheiro in the podcast: Word Alive. The purpose of these podcasts are to help those who desire to go deeper into an experience with the Word of God, meditate on it and also understand it in a new way.
Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro: God comes to inhabit our pain with His presence
God's spousal union with his people is so profound that one cannot touch or injure one without touching and injuring the other.
Shalom Community made a pilgrimage for the Canonization of Fátima Siblings
On Saturday 13th the Church was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Shalom Catholic mission in Portugal, Setubal, was there! Jackson and Ana Lucia missionaries of Shalom Community, told us how they lived this moment. Shalom Life and Covenant Community members was in Fatima with people from Shalom Work […]
Shalom Community met the responsibles for the cause for the Canonization of Cardinal Van Thuân
On May 15th, the postulator of the cause for the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Cardinal Van Thuân, Waldery Hilgeman and Dr. Luisa Melo from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Vatican visited the house of Shalom International Office in Rome. The holy Mass has been celebrated by Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro, the International […]
Forgive One Another … But How?
What was she to do? Brenda’s husband of three years abandoned her two years ago and today she received the divorce notice. “I don’t want to hate him for the rest of my life,” she said of Nathan. “I want to forgive him, but I don’t know how.” Brenda is typical of most of us […]
Pope Francis canonizes new Saints
(Vatican Radio) This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he extended the liturgical cult of the following blesseds to the universal Church, inscribing them in the book of Saints: -Francois de Laval, French bishop of Quebec, Canada (1623-1708). […]