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Official statement on the health of Maria Emmir Oquendo Nogueira
The Shalom Catholic Community informs that its co-founder Maria Emmir Oquendo Nogueira has been admitted to a hospital in Ceará to undergo tests. Maria Emmir was admitted last Tuesday, June 23. Her hospitalization is purely investigative in nature, aimed at evaluating and monitoring her clinical condition. Fortunately, Maria Emmir’s overall health is good, and she is receiving the necessary care from the medical team. The Shalom Catholic Community remains in praise and in intercession for Maria Emmir, reassures everyone, and gives thanks for the affection and filial love shown to our co-founder. Let us press on firmly in the mission, sustained by the grace of God. “The Father takes care of us”!

Do Not Be Afraid; Have the Holy Fear of God
Blessed are those who hear the Word of God You are worth more than many sparrows José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33 Introduction The Gospel of this Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) is Matthew 10:26-33, and it continues the missionary discourse we followed last Sunday. After gathering and sending out the Twelve, Jesus prepares them for persecution and, three times in the same passage, repeats the same warning: “Do not be afraid.” It is a Gospel that speaks not only of fear, but also of the holy Fear of God and of the infinite worth of every human life before the Father. Before we comment point by point, an observation is worth making that sheds ...

The Compassion of Jesus and the Sending of the Twelve
José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra Introduction We are in the month of June, the month of the Heart of Jesus, and the liturgy of this Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time sets before us a scene full of tenderness: Jesus who sees the crowds and is moved with compassion for them. Today’s Gospel, from Matthew 9:36–10:8, is the calling and sending of the Twelve Apostles. Last week we followed the call of Matthew; now Jesus gathers the Twelve and sends them out on mission. Before we comment point by point on this Gospel, an observation is worth making that illuminates the whole passage. The fact that Jesus chose twelve apostles and was the Master of the Twelve is, in a ...

The Call of Matthew: Sunday of Mercy of Ordinary Time
By José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra Presentation After some time, we see the green of the vestments again. There were the six weeks of Lent, the Paschal Triduum, the seven weeks of Eastertide up to Pentecost and, last Sunday, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Anyone who is used to going to Mass only on Sundays may not even remember the last time they saw the priests’ green vestments. And this weekend we make up for missing it. On this 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A) we return to the Gospel of Matthew, and we find the account of the call of Matthew himself. For this Sunday we have chosen five points, drawn from the five verses ...

Pentecost and the rivers of living water: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink”
By José Ricardo Bezerra and Felipe Bezerra “On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed: ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As Scripture says: from his heart shall flow rivers of living water.’ He was speaking of the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive; for there was no Spirit yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.” (Jn 7:37-39) Introduction Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, the close of the fifty days of Eastertide. In this Year A, we have chosen to meditate not on the Gospel of the day (Jn 20:19-23), which we already meditated ...
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