Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel, Matthew 22:34-40, Jesus is asked by one of the Pharisees which is the greatest commandment. He responds with not one but two commandments – “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Father’s Day all of you father’s, grandfather’s and great grandfather’s. My prayer is for you and for all of those beautiful women in our lives. Without them we would not be fathers. For my reflection I’m sending this poem; God took the strength of a mountain, the Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Sheila and I just returned from a short week in Juneau, Alaska. It was our 50th and last state to visit. We were struck by the beauty of that place but also how isolated it is. The only highway is 38 miles long and then it just ends. Juneau Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Matthew 6:19-23, we hear Jesus say, “No one can serve two masters. You cannot serve God and mammon”. Mammon is an Aramaic word for wealth or property. Jesus is telling his disciples that they cannot give their complete allegiance both to God and Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Matthew 5:38-42, we hear Jesus say, “when someone strikes you on the cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If someone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well”. This kind of talk was Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today Jesus talked about a tiny mustard seed that grows into one of the largest of all bushes. We know that for a seed to grow it needs water, oxygen and sunlight. A few years ago during the excavation of an Egyptian Pharaoh, they found ancient seeds Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today Sheila and I have been married for 56 years. Thinking back over all those years, there’s a lot to ponder. I often mention on Cursillo that various scripture readings cause me to ponder. Well, what does it mean to ponder? To ponder means to sit quietly Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, John 19:31-37, as Jesus hung on the cross, it was customary for the soldiers to break the legs of those crucified to hasten their death. But they did not break Jesus’ legs, fulfilling the prophecy that “not a bone of it will Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus today is speaking in particular about anger, that is, a desire or attitude that simply refuses to forgive. I would say looking at our society today that there is an incredible amount of anger. It is anger that led to the killing of little Aiden on Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org When a man and a woman come together in marriage two things happen as we read in the book of Genesis 2:24. First, the man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife. Second, the two of them become one body. It’s sort of like Read more…