Saint Therese and the strings of the heart
To talk about the human heart, St. Therese of the Child Jesus uses the symbol of the four-string lyre. "You, Jesus, make the four strings vibrate and these strings are my heart.
The virus of avarice and the unbridled search for worldly things
Avarice means the excessive need for earthly goods, owning them merely for the pleasure of possessing and the unnecessary excess, which compel man to place affection into them and return to his life to obtain more of them, to the detriment of other goods that nature are superior.
The itinerary of Peter and our itinerary
The life of the saints has the power to take us away from a spirituality that is too disincarnated and gives us the humility to understand that a saint is not the one who never sinned, but who ultimately let God win.
The terrible pandemic that St. Thérèse of The Child Jesus faced in the Carmelite convent in Lisieux
The community, who judged the youngster, at times, to be useless and clumsy, from that moment on discover her to be something more, highlight the experts of the Saint of Lisieux.
In an exciting letter, a Shalom missionary describes a time of pandemic in Angola
You have to stay at home, obey the rules of social distance, wear masks and gel alcohol. But we do not need to close our eyes and heart to those Christ sends us today. Shalom!
Missionaries in Italy and France tell how to maintain hope in Covid-19 times
In the midst of Pandemic, there exists the hidden supplication of those who offer their lives for love.
‘And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile.’
Today we celebrate Resurrection Sunday. All the work of salvation finds its fulfillment on this day, when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, definitively overcame death and evil. During the last two days, we have followed the suffering, pain and silence of Christ, however, now we can rejoice with the Risen Lord who announces, with […]
‘A great silence reigns over the Earth’
“A great silence reigns over the earth. A great silence and a great loneliness. A great silence because the King is asleep; the earth trembled and became silent, because the God made man fell asleep and woke up those who had been asleep for centuries. God died in the flesh and awakened the mansion of […]
Do we need a storm to recognise Jesus’ divinity?
Apparently, we are only able to recognise the action of God when we are in amidst a storm and He intervenes.
Novena to Saint Joseph
The Shalom Catholic Community invites you to pray the Novena to Saint Joseph. It can be said at any time of the year, especially on the days surrounding St Joseph’s Feast which this year will be on the 19th of March. Saint Joseph is a dear Saint to our beloved Pope Francis and to many […]