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
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel Luke 6:6-11, Jesus finds himself once again in a synagogue in front of the Pharisees on the Sabbath, where they were “watching him closely”. There happens to be a man there with a withered hand, which to the Pharisees meant he was “unclean”. This Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Another great scene from today’s Gospel. Jesus is walking through a field of grain with his closest friends and I imagine they were laughing, joking, and talking about the towns they had just visited. As they walked along they snacked on the ripe grain, for they Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today Luke22: 24-30, an argument breaks out among the disciples of which one of them is the greatest. Jesus had just made it clear to them that this was their last meal together before he suffers and dies, and this is what concerns Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org After teaching the crowd from the boat, why did Jesus perform the miracle of the great catch of fish ? No doubt the great crowd had something to do with it for they were probably hungry. But Jesus also used this occasion to teach his disciples an Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy September everyone ! Is it just me, or does the miracle of Jesus healing Simon’s mother-in-law seem unusual to you ? There is no fanfare, no reaction from the people, no special words or signs from Jesus, and no one saying “thank you” to Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of my favorite places in the Holy Land is Capernaum. It’s located in a beautiful setting on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was a very large city in its time and was a major thoroughfare open to travelers. It was quite different from Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today of Luke 4:16-30, Jesus says, “Amen I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place”. A prophet’s role in history was to comfort the challenged and challenge the comfortable. This was Jesus’ mission on earth, as we clearly Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org What is more important to God – clean hands or a clean mind and heart ? The Scribes and Pharisees were upset with Jesus because he allowed his disciples to break with their ritual traditions and eat without washing their hands. We know a lot about the Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In the parable in today’s Gospel, Jesus is talking about the last judgement and how we will be accountable for how we use everything God gave us. We all have different gifts and talents. The question is; how well did we use the talents and possessions we Read more