Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from Matthew 19:3-12, Jesus says not all can accept marriage, some have “renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom”. This is a hard concept for many people to accept. I have heard people say, “I feel sorry for those poor priests Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Since seven means complete or full, when Jesus says we must forgive seventy times seven times, he means there is no limit to giving or receiving forgiveness. That is how our Father God forgives us, completely and without end. In fact we have been forgiven Read more…
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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Catholic life is filled with many peaks and valleys. The church’s soul is the Holy Spirit, but the body’s members can be less than saintly. At times, people are scandalized by the humanity of the church. However we can’t be surprised when we encounter sin, because Jesus came Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org We live in a business culture where managers are expected to have more earnings this quarter than for the same quarter last year. If we made money, it is supposed to be invested so it can grow. This is part of the Capitalistic culture we live in Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from Matthew 17:22-24, Jesus explains to his disciples that he will be handed over to men and they will kill him, and he will be raised up on the third day. To this news, his disciples were overcome with grief. The news of Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org There is a great hunger and thirst in our society today for peace and fulfillment. Jesus tells us how we can satisfy that hunger by feeding on his body and blood. However very few people hear this message, or if they do hear it, don’t believe what Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today’s Gospel of Mark 9:2-10 is the story of the transfiguration, or the change. Jesus took Peter, James and John up the mountain to show them who he really was, and how it was going to be. They had a mountaintop experience with Jesus, an encounter with Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus asks Simon Peter and the others, “Who do people say that I am ?” Then he asks Peter; “But who do you say that I am ?” He asks us the same question. Who do YOU say that I am ? I don’t Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Everyone is called upon to be a shepherd to this earth and to all the people in it. Our planet earth is no “rental “. The people living on this earth are no strangers. They are my brothers and sisters. This earth is God’s as is all who dwell Read more…