Moysés Azevedo: four special moments for the Shalom Catholic Community
Monday, July 9th, it was special because on this day Shalom Catholic Community celebrated 36 years.
Emmir Nogueira: It’s a matter of heart
The more I pray and meditate on the mission, the more I see it is a matter of the heart. Only God knows why. Perhaps my personal story has influenced me a bit. I have lived in mission in Asia, Africa, at a time when, as a child, the nuns and priests encouraged us to offer sacrifices, prayers and alms for the missions. At that time, they called us “Crosses of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” and invited us to receive a wide yellow ribbon, the colour of the Vatican, because we were animated by a spirit of authentic parrhesia that led us to the most difficult sacrifices in our infantile mentality (walking with stones in our shoes, stay long ...
Marriage as a way to holiness
The call to marriage is a particular way of living the universal call to holiness given to every Christian in the Sacrament of Baptism.
Moyses Azevedo: God performs a new outpouring of His Spirit
Every year, the general counsel of the Shalom Catholic Community have a retreat to pray and to listen from God his wisdom for our lives as disciples and ministers of peace in the world. After it, the founder shares God’s inspirations for the Community. This year the main revelation was that God desires to perform a “Pentecost of Love" in us. We believe that what God wishes to do is for all the Church and mankind, so we are sharing here some parts of God’s message to us, his beloved children.
What the Queen of Peace teaches us
For us, Mary, apart from being Spouse of the Holy Spirit, She is also the Queen of Peace. This title of Mary evokes the apparitions of Medjugorje.
Love for the Virgin Mary in the Shalom charism
In the Shalom charism Our Lady plays the vital role of spiritual Mother and Teacher in the ways of Peace. “The Lord desired that in our vocation we learned to call His Mother with the titles of Queen of Peace, Spouse of the Holy Spirit and Gate of Heaven.” (Statutes of Shalom Catholic Community)
Selfishness no longer commands the world!
In the morning of the Easter Sunday Moyses Azevedo talked to the Community and the Shalom Work in Fortaleza, Brazil.
The fundamental experience
The Shalom Catholic Community is based on this experience with the Risen Lord who passed through the cross. He, for the greater glory of the Father, pours out His Spirit upon us and sends us as His disciples and ministers of His Peace. The experience with the Risen One who passed through the Cross is the foundation of our vocation. When the Risen Christ appeared to the disciples at the Last Supper, His first word was “Shalom”. He, the Victorious over sin and death, had permanently destroyed the gap between the sinful man and the Father of Mercy, sealing Peace. When communicating the fullness of the messianic goods, the Peace, Jesus presents the source of Peace and gives access to ...
The Lord’s descent into hell – Holy Saturday
A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday
The secret to the Divine Providence is to always give, says Emmir
The economy of the Kingdom is based on the logic of give oneself to others, explained the co-founder of the Shalom Catholic Community, Emmir Nogueira, during the course “The secret of the Divine Providence”. According to Emmir, Jesus reveals the Father’s / God’s mentality, the way in which He governs His house. “Jesus brings in his preaching and in his life the mentality of giving oneself. The secret is to always give. The Son who gives from Himself to enrich Himself from His poverty. The logic unveiled in the beatitudes is the logic of always giving to our neighbour, empty ourselves so that our neighbour may live. This is the core of the oikonomia (divine economy, meaning constantly sharing), of the mentality ...
