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God showed me that I am not alone

The Shalom community came into my life at the best time, it was a difficult but very beautiful moment. It came to stay in my heart forever. I met the community through a very good friend, a girl full of energy and noble heart. It was at a birthday party for both her and a Shalom missionary. I arrived at the party and since the first moment they welcomed me wonderfully, and bombarding me with a ton of questions … Where are you from?, What’s your name? What are you doing in USA? However, they did not bother me at all, on the contrary, I felt welcomed by everyone, even though they were complete strangers to me. At the end ...

Shalom showed me that I am a child of God

My name is Javier Francisco Kovacs Benitez. I’m 32 years old, and I’m a pride Paraguayan! I was raised as a Catholic since I was a kid and although my family broke up when I was a child, I became quite involved with the church while attending school, but this dramatically changed when I was about 18 years old. When I started the University, I completely turned away from God, the Church and all that comes with it. I began to make my life and taking my decisions by letting the world influence me, completely ignoring what God had for me and what He wanted from me. I was like any other young man in search of happiness throughout professional ...

The Road to Emmaus: The Lord Makes Our Hearts Burn and Stays with Us!

The Gospel of Luke (Lk 24:13–35) proclaimed on the 3rd Sunday of Easter narrates one of the most beautiful and pedagogical passages in all of Scripture: Jesus’ encounter with the disciples on the road to Emmaus. It is the story of a “descent”—physical and spiritual—that becomes a glorious “ascent” back into faith. Jesus draws near to our desolation in order, through the Word and the Bread, to restore to us the joy of the Resurrection. To help you pray with this Word, we highlight the five central points of our reflection in the podcast: https://youtu.be/SNlwXAozEIs (with subtitles available in various languages). Jesus: The Pilgrim and the “Good Samaritan” In the text, Jesus takes on several facets: He is the concrete ...
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