It is time for conversion 3i3e16 16 March 2025 Lent begins this Wednesday and is an invitation to live almsgiving, fasting, and prayer. Learn how to live this time better.
What is Lent? 2t3639 4 March 2025 Lent is a special liturgical season in which the Church prepares to celebrate the most important mystery of the Christian faith: the Paschal Mystery. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends in Holy Week.
Homily – Third Sunday of Advent, C – Father Cristiano Pinheiro 296n4n 15 December 2024 Zep 3:14-18a; Psalm: Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6.; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 As we draw closer to Christmas, we’re called to rejoice! Gaudete, in Latin, is in the imperative form, Rejoice! Today we’re summoned to ‘Rejoice’ in the nearness of Jesus’ birth! So, everything today is filled with an atmosphere of intense joy! Because we are […]
Homily – Fr Cristiano Pinheiro – December 1st, 2024 – First Sunday of Advent, C 4x7350 3 December 2024 Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25; 1Thes 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28,34-36 – Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro, Shalom Catholic Community Today we begin the season of Advent. It’s a time that marks the start of a new year in the Liturgical calendar of the Church. It’s the beginning of a new time, a new chapter which is a time of […]
To read and live the word of God 1n6045 22 September 2024 Those who have the Bible as their com, safe harbour and Light, will never get lost or drown in the sea of despair or walk in the darkness of sin, on the contrary: they are enlightened to live and contemplate the face of Eternal Light.
What do the saints say about St. Joseph? 72n4d 11 March 2024 The Holy Fathers and Doctors of the Church agree that St. Joseph was chosen to be Mary's husband by God himself. Here are a few phrases about Jesus' father.
Christ unites the deep chasms: A Meditation on Christmas 3t5q18 26 December 2023 Jesus assumed the human condition, He reconciled man’s heart with His Creator. What a great victory of love!
Cor cordi loquitur: the heart speaks to the heart 323g5h 14 June 2023 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.