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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from John 6: 1-15, a crowd of 5000 gathered to be with Jesus. Jesus asked where can they get food to feed them. Philip says they don’t have the money to buy enough Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org For those of us who teach in the RCIA, this time of year is known as Mystagogy. It is a 50 day period from Easter to Pentecost. It’s when church members, both new and old, deepen their Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of the remarkable characteristics of Jesus in the Gospels was the way he was able to forgive. He forgave even people who didn’t deserve it. He forgave without delay. He forgave without asking people to earn Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of the first things Jesus does after his resurrection is to return to his disciples and breathe the Holy Spirit upon them. The work of Jesus did not end with his resurrection. He breathed the Holy Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today from John 3:1-18, Jesus is speaking about being born again, and Nicodemus, a Pharisee, is really struggling with the concept. Nicodemus is taking his statement literally, and Jesus is referring to being born Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today’s gospel reflects upon the first time the disciples have met Jesus following that horrible sequence of events when they failed miserably. During Jesus’ passion and death, the disciples were not at their finest. Judas betrayed him, Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org What Jesus experienced for our salvation with his passion and death wasn’t just death. It was a senseless suffering and beating leading to his death. He was beaten so badly that he died quickly on the cross Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today from John 21:1-14, the risen Jesus reveals himself to the seven disciples, and tells them again to go fishing after they have fished all night and caught nothing. They listened to him, threw Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Peter and John were firsthand witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection. Peter went into the empty tomb but is confused about what happened. Later on, when Jesus appears to the disciples in the Upper Room, Peter overcame his doubts and Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus is one that many who lived their Cursillo remember. It’s a story that reminds us that our God always wants to travel with us on Read more…