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What is Lent?
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
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 the community of those who are reached by the love of Christ; we have been saved and we know it! We are the community of the forgiven; the community of the redeemed. So, our hallmark is JOY. Joy is what defines us! So, rejoice – you are saved You know, especially under Pope Francis, we as a Church have entered into a kind of kairos ...

Homily – Fr Cristiano Pinheiro – December 1st, 2024 – First Sunday of Advent, C
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 waiting, because life itself is, in many ways, a kind of ‘waiting’, right? And the key question is: what do we fill this ‘waiting time’ of life with? What do we choose to focus on as we journey through life? Do we follow a specific direction? Do we know where we’re headed? Is there a HOPE or a PROMISE lighting our way ahead? Actually, that’s ...

To read and live the word of God
Those who have the Bible as their compass, 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.

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.