Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org We know from the Catholic Catechism that mortal sin takes away Sanctifying Grace and cuts us off from God. Today’s gospel illustrates that separation, as the two possessed men keep their distance from Christ and want him to leave them alone. Sin pushes us away from Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today we celebrate the feast day of the two great pillars of our Catholic faith in Sts. Peter and Paul. The New Testament is full of stories of how these two devoted themselves to spreading the good news and building up the early church, St. Peter as Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In todays Gospel, John 17: 20-26, we find Jesus saying “Righteous Father, the world also does not know you. I made it known to them that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them”. His statement that the Read more
We have much to be thankful for but these photos are definitely a diamond in the rough. Here are photos from the site of the very first Cursillo in the United States. For more information, please go to the following link: https://stfrancistorwaco.org/43
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Our readings today beg the question: do we approach the Lord Jesus with expectant hope or with skeptical doubt ? What did the hemorrhaging woman and Jairus expect from Jesus ? Obviously they expected Jesus could heal. But they also went out of their way to try to Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In Jesus time, the Jews hated the Romans because they represented everything the Jews stood against including pagan beliefs and worship of idols. It was therefore astonishing for them to see Jesus conversing with and then going with a Roman Centurion. Even more so because a Centurion Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel, Matthew 8:1-4, we find Jesus laying hands on a leper and healing him. Lepers were considered ritually unclean, and anyone who touched a leper would become unclean as well, that is why they were forbidden from being around other people. This poor man not Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today is the feast day commemorating the birthday of St. John the Baptist. It is also approximately the longest day of the year. This day always reminds me of the flow of our church’s liturgical calendar. This feast day was placed here because after today the days Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org When Jesus says that a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit, he is talking to us who are supposed to be people of faith. He isn’t talking to pagans here. He is addressing this to us believers and reminding Read more