Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Simon the Pharisee in today’s Gospel, has an apparent openness to the Lord and invites him to dine with him. Despite Jesus’ reputation among the Jewish religious leaders, Simon has him come to his home. He engages Jesus in cordial conversation hoping to learn more about him Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org It’s really hard to comprehend the sorrow Mary must have felt seeing her son beaten and then brutally crucified. It’s something no mother should have to endure. Yet during her life she had to deal with much sorrow and pain. When she found out she was pregnant, she Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org This past weekend, we marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Both of these events invites us to a deeper reflection on the cross of Jesus Christ. In the rubble of the two Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Mark 4:13-20, Jesus tells us the parable of the sower and the seed that falls on different kinds of soil. The different kinds of soil are the path, the rocks, the thorns, and the good soil, which all represent the different responses Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus asks his disciples a question completely out of the blue. “Who do people say that I am ?” That question they all have and answer for. Then he asks them a question that requires a lot more thought. “But who do YOU say that I am Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Do you remember what you were doing 20 years ago today ? I can picture the day so clearly as I was in an underground bunker with the executives of my company. I spent a lot of time that day reflecting on my life. It was the day Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel Luke 6:39-42, Jesus chastised his disciples saying, “Why do you notice a splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own”. He uses this exaggerated comparison of a splinter and a beam to make a point. Why are Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy birthday today to my wife Sheila ! One of the most difficult things for me is to love my enemies ! I try not to hate them, but to go beyond that and actually love them. Wow that’s hard. When someone I consider my enemy or a Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Birthday Momma Mary !! Mary is the only child of Saints Joachim and Anne. She is the only person who knew Jesus from womb to tomb. She was faithfully there in all the great moments in Jesus’ life. Was this providence or accident ? All we Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org When Jesus began his ministry he chose twelve men to be his friends and apostles. I like to think of them as his “groupies”. I’m sure they spent time each week talking about their piety, study and action. In his choice of the twelve, we see Read more…