The following brief commentary from the First Letter of Peter, Chapter 4 is lightly edited with permission of the author, Dr. Daniel Keating, from his book, Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture: 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude, published by Baker Academic, 2011. While it was written from a Roman Catholic perspective, the material can be beneficial […]
– by Don Schwager The expression “Maranatha!” was a key watchword and prayer among the early Christians. It is an Aramaic word which is a combination of two words “marana – tha” which literally mean “the Lord comes” or in the imperative case “Come, Lord!” Paul the Apostle used this Aramaic word at the end […]
This year (2022) has been a year of great blessing for coordinators all across the Sword of the Spirit who had their Regional Coordinators Conference. The Asian region had their retreat from the 22nd to the 25th of September in the Philippines. There were 200 coordinators from the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Singapore, 7 brothers from […]
Advent is a season of hope, a season of waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ as a child (which we celebrate in Christmas) and his second coming that will establish His Kingdom. During Advent we also remember that we are pilgrims in this world and just passing by, but our true home […]
The second International Community Leaders conference organized by Charis took place on October 10 to 12 in Rome. Jean Barbara, the SOS president gave the opening talk on the “Essentials of a Charismatic Community” based on the SOS experience. Tony Laureys, the SOS Europe and Middle East regional president gave one of the other five presentations on […]
This weekend, the men of the Terra de Santa Cruz community were away on retreat. A time of prayer, fellowship and being together. God continues to strengthen our community way of life in Brasil. As part of the retreat, they had the Opening Celebration of the Lord’s Day with a great Brazilian ‘churrasco’ (barbecue).
Between the 9th and the 12th of June, 2022, 150 Coordinators from the Ibero-American Region gathered in Costa Rica for the Regional Coordinators Conference to talk about the 3 Strategic Priorities and to participate on the Power from on High retreat. The conference began with a session to honor Chale Mantica for all he did […]
In May 2022, the first Regional Coordinators Conference took place – in Istanbul, Türkiye, for the European and Middle Eastern Region – to launch the three Strategic Priorities and the Power from on High retreat. The conference lasted three days, from the 20th to the 24th of May, and nearly 100 coordinators from the EME […]
– by Raúl Ríos This meeting of RIA leaders has brought me great experiences and has left challenges for my life. The Lord has shown himself to be great and I am grateful for that. I was happy to greet brothers that I met at the Worship Conferences who have now become coordinators of their […]
“Chuva de graça” (pouring of grace) is the song of the couples from the Couples Outreach M2 from the Terra de Santa Cruz community. We began this week the by-weekly meetings in the Mission House of the Mota family in the South-East of the city.
