The great day of Pentecost is quickly approaching. In our house we started to pray a Novena for Pentecost on Ascension Sunday, invoking the Holy Spirit and His seven gifts each day. It’s a magnificent way to deepen our understanding about the Spirit and about what the Bible and the …
Today, May 13th, the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord, and the Day of Our Lady of Fatima, we have a special gift to offer Mary. We wanted to present it on this day as an act of thanksgiving because, as St. John Bosco said, “it was She who …
Saturday was a happy day. Our Lady sent us the sun and brought us families so that we could have a wonderful retreat. And indeed we did! There were twenty-six adults, twenty-five children and five youths, all anxious to meet together, to pray, to play, to sing and to celebrate …
Niall’s work involves quite a bit of travel. Last week it took him to Vilnius in Lithuania. If you know the message of the Divine Mercy and the life of St. Faustina, you probably know that Vilnius is intimately connected with the visions that St. Faustina had of the Merciful …
In the entrance hall of our house you’ll find a framed Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. I’ve known it by heart since I was a child and my children have learned to pray it as well. It has always seemed to me that this prayer contains the secret of …
Weekly reflection on the readings of the following Sunday, written by Teresa and published in the disocesan newspaper Correio do Vouga HOW TO RECEIVE THE VISIT OF THE RESSURECTED CHRIST Throughout Easter we are led from adventure to adventure through the Acts of the Apostles. Children and adults alike can …
On Monday the Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Annunciation, transferred from March 25th, Palm Sunday. And so, as we usually do on solemnities, we went to evening mass. Anthony was anxious: “Mum, do you think I should serve at the altar, even though it’s a weekday?” “Of course! Father …
“Hey kids, Father Aníbal Mendonça is coming to visit. He has a present from Cana of Galilee for us and he wants to come here this evening to give it to us because he’ll be vising Mogofores. Let’s start our prayers now and Father Aníbal will join in when he …
Linda, absolutamente magnífica, a primeira oração de intercessão de toda a Bíblia. Escutámo-la no domingo passado, na Eucaristia, e de olhos fechados, procurando abstrair-me da realidade que me cercava, eu imaginei-me há quatro mil anos atrás, caminhando lado a lado com o Senhor, que me abria, a mim, o seu …
Dia 22 de julho é dia de Santa Maria Madalena. Pela primeira vez na História, esta memória obrigatória passa a ser celebrada como Festa, e Maria Madalena é-nos proposta como Apóstola dos Apóstolos. Que dia memorável! Que grande honra para todos nós, simples cristãos, e especialmente para nós, mulheres cristãs! …
