Halleluya Lisboa, a place of encounter, music and a new experience with God
The second day of the event featured several bands and marked the presence of different nationalities on stage and in the arena.
Get to know the Halleluya Festival program at WYD Lisbon 2023
Rain or shine, Halleluya attracts young people from all over the world during World Youth Days.
Cor cordi loquitur: the heart speaks to the heart
It is not a sentimental devotion, but the experience of an integral spirituality, of a relationship with God that does not exclude feelings and affections, neither on His part nor on ours. We are called to (re)discover God's tender love for us and to love Him with all our heart.
Shalom, Boston
The city known for being home to great centers of innovation and research where young people from all over the world is gathered, eight years ago welcomed the first Shalom missionaries
What is a charismatic life?
More than belonging to a movement, being charismatic consists in exercising the charisms in their fullness, without the Spirit of division or boasting. They must be used to build up the Church of Christ, so that all peoples may know the Truth and turn entirely to the Lord.
Homily – Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit of God, that now dwells within us! Today, God pours into the depths of our hearts the very content of His inner life. He gives us the ‘Heart of His heart’, the ‘Life of His life’. The Church is all filled with the Holy Spirit! My friends, the goal of our Christian Life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit! As early as in the Old Testament we see so many outpourings of the Holy Spirit, from God’s Heart into the heart of humanity. Likewise, and with increasing intensity, every single moment of Christ’s Life is Spirit-filled. In the life and mission of Christ, there are many ...
Homily – April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord
Homily – April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 118; Col 3,1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Yesterday, on the Easter Vigil we saw the darkness of the night being flooded with Light, all around. But it’s intriguing that the Gospel today starts off by saying that ‘Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark.’ It was dark! The stone that had rolled away from the tomb wasn’t yet speaking of ‘resurrection and life’. Mary thinks that someone had taken her Lord away from there, which would’ve been a further outrageous crime, after everything that had happened. She still sees things as everybody else does. She doesn’t ...
Homily – April 8th, 2023 – The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Homily – April 8th, 2023 – The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Rm 6:3-11; Mt 28:1-10 That violent darkness that has come upon us and surrounded the Crucifixion of the Lord gave way to the joyful, peaceful and intense light of the Resurrection. It’s impressive to move from the darkness of the night into a ‘flame-glittering church’, at the beginning of the Easter Vigil. We really get to see and experience this ‘crossing’ from darkness to light. Everything seemed to be over but, actually, it is just the beginning. How many times in our lives do we have the feeling that everything is over, that there is no more hope, but as a Christian people, as a Church, it is precisely in those moments that we need to remember that the source of our lives is this very Holy Night, when Light conquers darkness and Life conquers ...
From addictions to alcohol and drugs to a new life in the Spirit
A testimony of Adam St Laurent I grew up in a broken home. There was no faith in my life. I didn’t even know a person that went to church. I had an absent alcoholic father and mother that worked 2 jobs. I remember being 9 and telling my friends what my father was going to do for me when I turned 10, but he never showed up. I was looking for love and found none. “Something must be wrong with me” I found myself alone and scared with no one to help guide me in life. I turned to drugs and alcohol at the age of 11 to numb the pain of being alone. I started to surround myself ...
From the suffering of war to a new life in Christ
My name is Brendan McNally. I am an artist, a language teacher, a war veteran, and a father to a beautiful 8 year old daughter. So that sounds like a lot of things, and it is. I have been many things in my life, but most importantly for this testimony tonight, I am a recent revert back to the Catholic faith. To give a bit of background on my faith journey, I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school until the age of 10. It’s truly unfortunate that I left the faith at such a young age, which is of course a long story on its own, but it’s a story for another time. Tonight, I’m going to focus on ...
