Fr. Roger Luis addresses the call of the Cross for the Christian and warns against those who call us away from this road.

Sex has a profound sense; it is the instrument of the expression of conjugal love and of procreation. All the time that sex is used before or outside of marriage, of whatever form it maybe it is a sin against chastity. Chastity is a moral virtue Link … [More]

The encounter with the Word is a gift from God, but the response to it depends on the will and in the interest of each one. . . We have the exposition of how the Reign expands with a strength that does not depend on humans, but is from God Himself. … [More]

A Amigos de Canção Nova na Parroquía de São Antonio, Allston, MA EUA celebrando a processão da Nossa Sehnora Aparecida. O grupo reunen com misa e adoração o ultimo quinta-feira de mes.

Fr. Carr discusses how the rules in Catholicism are often only the minimum standard. Fr. Carr is the Pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Somerville, MA http://www.stbenedictsomerville.com He is an alliance member of the Canção Nova Community http:/ … [More]

Be calm, it is very simple! Choose a small and familiar text and don’t hurry! Read the text, allow the Word of God to fall freely in your heart and allow yourself to digest it like absorbing food. That is the way to do it. Simple, you see? Click … [More]

Whomever loves gives life to his brothers. The first to give this test of love to all of us was Jesus. This attitude of giving life that Jesus asks of us, is realized in the day to day, through small gestures, by putting us in serve to our brothers [More]

There are moments in life in which we pass through phases in ourselves. We are capable of explaining what we feel and what is passing inside us. In all these occasions, we need to have hope and patience with ourselves, because all the experiences of … [More]

The Reign of God grows in our heart and around us when we allow ourselves to love God, the Father of Mercy. At the beginning of this experience we become participants of Divine Mercy and we encounter strength and inspiration to relate with the … [More]

Nicole Melhado Canção Nova News edited with the official site of the 7th World Meeting of Families Milan, Italy--“The family that prays together is together,” is what Cardinal Sean O’Mally, Archbishop of Boston stressed Friday Morning, June … [More]

“God created man to his image, to the image of God He created him, man and woman He created them.” (Gen 1:27) God is beautiful and as He made us to His image and likeness, we are also beautiful and do not need to flee this desire that lives in the … [More]

The Resurrection of the Lord is the center of all that we can celebrate, and it is the center of our faith, the beginning and the end of our existence. If we speak of the birth of Jesus, we will be already preparing ourselves for the moment of the … [More]

What is impossible to us is possible to God. The Lord taught us that, before the impossible to us, we need to cry out to the Holy Spirit and let him drive us in total abandonment, as Our Lady did, upon accepting the will of God in her voice and … [More]

Lisbon–The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon considers that Catholics present in the diverse organs of social communication have the responsibility of growing, in these “difficult” times, in helping people to read the reality to the light of the … [More]

We can only discover this response in God and only after we have walked a good piece of our journey. After having realized some of the missions that GOD has reserved for us… What falls to us is to be daring and to ask God everyday what he wants of … [More]

According to Brazilian news sources. Earlier this month a host of MTV Brazil called for people to commit acts of vandalism against churches in that country. The host, PC Siqueira, of the program “PC na TV” [PC on the TV] showed the result of an … [More]

Believing in this affirmation: you and I already are with “one foot” in Heaven. Celebrating the time of the Ascension of the Lord, the Church brings us to contemplate in Christ our triumph there in Heaven. It is fundamental that we know Christ in … [More]

Upon reading this title, perhaps you were shocked with the responsibility of being the help of God to men. If I am not able to help me, how am I going to help this man (father, brother, lover, friend) at my side? In Sacred Scripture, in Genesis, it … [More]

In our families, we are in the situation in that we are principally because of men. . I am not making a guilt trip, nor am I accusing, but I am bringing the reality. Justly, because God made men as the head of the house, the temptor came upon you … [More]

For us Christians and disciples of Jesus, reciprocated love is the condition without which we cannot complete our discipleship and, consequently, our mission. It is treated by the commandment given by Our Lord. Click here for the rest of the homily

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All of us want to encounter peace, healing, deliverance, miracles, etc. things that come from God and, therefore, we go to many places looking for them, some quite wrong. It will not be in just whatever place that blessings will be encountered, … [More]

We are going to speak a little of the school of Sanctity of Blessed John Paul II and in this school he had as the major textbook The Treatise of The True Devotion to Mary [By St. Louis de Montfort]. He from the time he was a youth carried this book … [More]

Eight times Jesus uses the verb “to remain” in the today’s Gospel. Why such insistence in this issue? The only explanation is that remaining in Christ is the fundamental nucleus of His message. Remaining in Jesus is to welcome His world and His … [More]

There is a preoccupation with the conversion of persons. Especially with persons in our house. Many times we are boring others with this. We have this desire for persons and we speak to them of the steps they need to achieve conversion. If this … [More]

When I receive the Holy Communion-Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. I remain reflecting that it is not God that enters into us. It is we who enter into the infinity of God. This mystery of faith captivates me, God enters in us and we enter … [More]

“Do penance” Penance is not only mortification, to not eat something, to sleep on the floor. Penance in greek is metanoia: A turning around in the life of a person. It is to change mentality, sentiment; it is to change one’s life . Click here for … [More]

Girls, speaking on sexuality in the real world is very difficult, because it moves with the whole being of the person, therefore before you begin to read this text, I invite you to ask the Holy Spirit that He may be pour out over you, opening your … [More]

Love crosses, in the years, a road hidden through the rise and strengthening of new customs. Actually, a more liberal relationship is now accepted, in which the couple can deepen their physical intimacy and experiment even before marriage. However, … [More]

The Gospel of Mark 3:22-30 says to us: "In truth I say to you, all will be pardoned to men, such sins, as whatever blasphemy you have said. But whomever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, never will be pardoned, but will be guilty of an eternal sin … [More]

After Jesus had appeared to Mary Magdalene and gave orders so that His disciples may leave for Galilee and after He encountered two of them on the road to Emmaus, the Lord apeared to the group to eliminate their doubts and to strengthen their faith. [More]

Today we see the gospel begin with mention of my favorite bible stories. Notice the whole gospel can work without that mention. So why is it so important to begin with the reference of the Emmaus story? Let's go back an additional two thousand years … [More]

Our strength is in the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Christian day to day life needs to be lived as on Easter Sunday: Day of joy, jubilation and victory! This is the hope that should be in the heart of the Christian fighter: The hope of … [More]

In the traditions of the first communities, they circulated 2 types of texts on the Resurrection of Christ: some relative to finding the empty tomb and others related to the Apparitions of the Resurrected One. In Mark, we enter only the tradition of … [More]

Looking from on high is to leave the mouth of the volcano and observe it from a distance. In certain fights and disagreements, we cannot take sides immediately. But it is necessary to distance ourselves, “to see from on high”, in order to … [More]

This question certainly you have already asked, but do not worry, you are not the only one. I have various examples among others, that of St. Augustine who as a a youth had the desire for truth, he desired to know truly the truth and to walk in it, … [More]

Fr. Carr discusses the sinking of the Titanic and in light of James Cameron's findings for National Geographic and the mentality that led to the disaster. James Cameron's video of the mechanics of the sinking can be found at http://youtu.be … [More]

Brothers and sisters, what joy celebrating the resurrection of the Lord. The resurrection of the One who is Immense, that comes and reaches for us. The Holy Fathers tells us that there is no great joy but this, that the liturgy invites us to live: … [More]

Jesus will return with love. When He comes, He will reign always. We will be only one people and one Church, one heart. You that aim for Heaven, have to persevere, daily. To be a passenger [on this journey] is to be eternal. Therefore, perseverance … [More]