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A hotel and a restaurant to evangelize in Tibães, Portugal
In the diocese of Braga, in Portugal, in the Monastery of Tibães, Shalom Catholic Community held a prayer and formation meeting on Lectio Divina on December 2nd and 13th to deepen the meaning of Advent and help the participants to have a closer contact and a new experience with the Word of God. The Community has been present in the diocese for 11 years and since January 2018 – at the request of our archbishop Dom Jorge Ortiga – it has taken over the administration of the Inn and of the restaurant of the monastery of Tibães, located 6 km from the center of Braga. Since the initial inspiration for the foundation of the Community through a ‘café’, the mission ...

The Tau in the Shalom vocation
The TAU The TAU is in the form of the Greek letter TAU (T), which is in the shape of a cross. The two major influences for Francis, in relation to the TAU, were the Antonians and the Fourth Council of the Lateran. Saint Francis got the TAU and it’s meaning from the Antonians. They were a male religious community, founded in 1095, whose only job was to care for the lepers. In their habit was painted a great cross. Francis had a familiar relationship with them, because they worked in the Assisi’s leprosarium, in the St. Blase hospital in Rome where Francis went to stay. At the beginning of his conversion, Francis found the Antonians and their symbol of ...

What is the meaning of the Tau cross, so loved by St. Francis?
At least once in your life you’ll be asked about the meaning of the cross, usually made of wood, which is shaped like a “T” and is often worn by Franciscan friars. With the help of the portal, St. Francis Patron of Italy, we sought to understand the meaning of the Tau. Ancient Origin Tau is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and was used symbolically in the Old Testament. It was already spoken of in the Book of Ezekiel: “The Lord said to him, ‘Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over the abominations… (Ez. 9:4). The Tau is the sign placed upon the foreheads ...

A place where God taught me that true Love is a synonym of life offering
    The experience I have made in Tunisia’s mission was very surprising and which will mark my life for ever. I have seen the action of the Father’s merciful’s heart which drove me to the desert to speak to my heart.  When I have beem sent to Tunisia, I did not know exactly what I would find there, but I had the opportunity to know a deeply happy church, with a beauty characterized by a  joy of life, which is seen on the face of every priest, consecrated, missionary who had the grace to know it. I have met in the desert the richness of offering my life every day, this offering lived each time, in every minute, in ...

The Tau in Shalom Vocation
Meaning The TAU has a shape of the greek letter (T) that is a cross. St. Francis borrowed the Tau and what it meant to him from the Antonians. They were a religious community of men founded in 1095 whose sole function was to care for lepers. The Tau is the habit of the Secular Franciscan living in the world.Francis was very familiar with these men because they staffed the leper house in Assisi and the hospital of St. Blase in Rome where Francis went to stay. St. Francis was exposed to the Tau through the direct influence of the Antonians, but the greatest influence of all that made the Tau so dear to Francis, whereby it became his signature, ...

The TAU in Shalom Vocation
Meaning The TAU has a shape of the greek letter (T) that is a cross. St. Francis borrowed the Tau and what it meant to him from the Antonians. They were a religious community of men founded in 1095 whose sole function was to care for lepers. The Tau is the habit of the Secular Franciscan living in the world.Francis was very familiar with these men because they staffed the leper house in Assisi and the hospital of St. Blase in Rome where Francis went to stay. St. Francis was exposed to the Tau through the direct influence of the Antonians, but the greatest influence of all that made the Tau so dear to Francis, whereby it became his signature, ...

The Parables of the Treasure, the Buyer of Pearls, the Net, and the Disciple: Five Keys for Prayer
José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra In the Gospel of this 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A (Mt 13:44-52), Jesus concludes the discourse of the parables of the Kingdom, in chapter 13 of Saint Matthew. After the parables of the sower, of the weeds and the wheat, of the mustard seed and the leaven, He gives us four more parables to try to say, with images from our daily life, to what the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared: to a hidden treasure, to a buyer of precious pearls, to a net cast into the sea, and to the teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple. They are short parables, almost of two verses, but when we take ...

The Parable of the Generous Sower: Prayer and the Cardinal Virtues in Three Types of Soil
José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra On this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A), we enter chapter 13 of the Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus’ great discourse in parables. Today’s longer Gospel passage (Matthew 13:1-23) presents the Parable of the Sower together with its explanation. “A sower went out to sow” (Matthew 13:3). Who is the sower? Who are the different kinds of soil? Let us reflect on these questions by drawing a connection between the three kinds of soil that failed to bear fruit, the three cardinal virtues, and the teaching of Saint Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Ávila) on prayer, so that we may become wiser than the Evil One, who seeks to steal the Lord’s good ...
Jesus se revela aos pequeninos e nos convida ao descanso

Jesus reveals himself to the little ones and invites us to rest
José Ricardo Bezerra e Felipe Bezerra Introduction On this 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, we continue with the Gospel of Matthew, and the Lord makes us an invitation that lifts the heart: “Take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Mt 11:29-30). The burden of the world is heavy, but the Lord’s is light. They are only six verses, yet so rich that one thing keeps drawing out the next. As always, we have chosen five points for your meditation and prayer with this Gospel, which we share on the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oswcLCBoK88 (with subtitles in your language). The Gospel “At that time Jesus said in reply, ‘I give praise to you, ...

Blessed are you, Peter; in you I build my Church
José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles. Although the calendar marks the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, in Brazil we follow the liturgy of the CNBB, which transfers to this Sunday, the nearest to the 29th, the feast of the two great apostles. In some places the solemnity is celebrated on June 29 itself. The liturgy offers us two Gospels, that of the vigil (John 21:15-19) and that of the day (Matthew 16:13-19), which we chose for our meditation. It is the text in which Jesus asks the disciples who people say He is, and Peter answers in the name of all; Jesus then makes him the foundation stone ...
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