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From the anxieties of the world to peace in God
A testimony of Bruna Bloise Before my experience with God I was feeling lost, I couldn’t find true peace, it was very fleeting. I had a very great desire to get closer to God, to understand Him more, and even to understand more about the Church, but felt like a lost mission and I didn’t know where to start. I began to pray more and I believe that the Holy Spirit guided me to Shalom. There, I went to the retreat during Lent in 2022 and had a profound experience with God. I left the retreat with a happy heart, in such great peace and I went back to my day-to-day life and Jesus began to inspire movements within me ...

Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Fr. Cristiano)
Homily – April 6th, 2023 – Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15   Jesus ‘loved His own, who are in the world, and loved them to the end’. And this ‘to the end’, from the Greek ‘eis télos’, implies 2 things at the same time: a love that goes on ‘until the end of time’, and also a love to the full extent (the fullest measure). In other words, it is a love that breaks the boundaries of space and time.   The God who loved us first, loves us to the end. His love both comes before and follows after us; it reaches out ...

Holy Tuesday Meditation (Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro)
Meditation – April 4th, 2023 – Holy Tuesday The account of the Gospel of John on the last hours of Jesus’ life is somewhat ‘suspenseful’. And we can misunderstand the account if we read it quickly; they actually need to be enjoyed in a ‘contemplative way’. Yesterday the Gospel led us to Bethany, where Jesus enjoyed the warmth of fellowship and friendship with the siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, and where the meanness of Judas has been overcome by Mary’s generous and ‘fragrant’ love. Today, Holy Tuesday, we find ourselves in the ‘Upper Room’ of Jerusalem, at the dinner table. We fast forward to the Last Supper, the ‘hour’ when Jesus openly discloses that pain that causes Him to suffer: ...

Holy Week (Fr Cristiano) – Palm Sunday 2023
Homily – April 2nd, 2023 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, A Mt 21:1-11; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 To the best of our abilities, pain should always be alleviated, eased, healed and if possible, of course, avoided. But many times we will run into inevitable crosses. And of course, in an outburst of sincerity, we can cry out to God: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me’, which is totally natural, honest and human! But the prayer of Jesus, in the midst of his uttermost agony, goes on, and within what is human and natural, He opens a window to the supernatural: ‘Yet, even if I am ...

A liquidation-proof happiness: evangelizing in the mall
In the city, the religious element is mediated by different lifestyles, by customs linked to a sense of time, of territory and of relationships that differ from those of rural populations. In everyday life, city dwellers often struggle to survive, and in this struggle, a deep sense of existence is hidden, which usually also includes a deep religious sense.

Lent, a fertile desert
The desert, in this sense, is the place to which God Himself draws His children, where He leads the people of Israel into the desert, to speak to their hearts.

Verso L’Alto 2023, the beauty of arts and spirituality will lead Brooklyn heavenwards
“Beauty will save the world” said the Russian author Dostoyevsky and this is what the Verso l’Alto International Concert will aim to express. Beauty is this universal language that transcends all the differences and touches the heart of Mankind, no matter what background, hardship or challenge one can have lived. The Shalom Catholic Community in Brooklyn, New York, will hold its 3rd Edition of their international concert “Verso l’Alto”.  Gathering local artists, sharing their talents through a variety of artistic expressions, in more than 6 languages. The event has a theme “Lux et Vita”, which means “Light and Life”.  The Verso l’Alto concert is offering an experience with the encounter among music, poetry, dance, cultures, styles and languages.  “Lux et ...
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