Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Luke 11:15-26, the Pharisees came to Jesus and demanded a sign from heaven to test him and prove that he was from God. In reality, they wanted to discredit and destroy Jesus because he was against everything they stood for- clericalism, elitism, Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. We commemorate the naval victory of the Christian Fleet over the Muslims at Lepanto. This victory was attributed to the praying of the rosary asking for Mother Mary’s intervention. Our Gospel asks us what we would Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The apostles ask Jesus to teach them how to pray in today’s Gospel. What a great question for each one of us as well. No matter how or when we pray, I would say we could all use some advice from the Lord regarding our prayer life. Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes yesterday for my 77th celebration of birth ! Whenever Jesus came south to Judea, he loved to visit the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. He especially loved the gracious hospitality of the two sisters. In our Gospel today Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel, Matthew 11:25-30, we find Jesus saying, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. For my yoke is easy and my burden light”. This seems contradictory at first. He says come to me those who are Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of my groupies has the best guardian angel ever created. His angel helps him make every green stop light and directs him through traffic. When he talks about his angel each week at grouping, the rest of us are jealous. All of us have someone Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Matthew 18:1-4, Jesus is asked by the disciples, “who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child over and set it in their midst saying, “whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest, and whoever receives one Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today the Church venerates the holy service of three of the archangels. They stand out for their love for God’s holy will. St. Gabriel faithfully delivered the most important message in human history to Mary and to Zechariah. St. Michael wrestled with Lucifer and cast him out of Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org There are times when I feel just like James and John in today’s Gospel. There are times when I wish God would rain down fire from heaven to consume those killing babies today in our society. I feel like Jonah who wanted to see fire from heaven Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Matthew 9:35-38, Jesus sees the crowds and his heart is moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. He says to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few; so ask the Read more…