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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The goal of all of Jesus’ signs is to bring about a change of heart in his people. Even in the Old Testament, the signs and wonders done by Yahweh were to elicit a response of Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel of Matthew 10:34-39 Jesus says, “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, will find it. Finding their life means living for themselves, and losing their Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus tells his apostles to travel light. Life is too short to be weighed down with excess baggage. The reason for traveling light is not because these things are evil or because I’m suppose to have some Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org I’ve noticed that lies and mis-statements travel like the speed of light these days, thanks to the internet ! The truth however moves at a much slower speed. I suppose this has always been true, which is Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel of Matthew 10:7-15, Jesus sends out his apostles to cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers and drive out demons. He also tells them not to take any money, clothes, or sandals Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Sometimes it seems to me that following Christ is hard in today’s culture in that we have to give up certain things. But this is true for any major commitments in life, you simply have to Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today we see Jesus sending out his twelve apostles, and we see a listing of their names. In the twelve we see how God, through Jesus, wished to build up his kingdom. This is the model Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus’ healing of the mute man today in the gospel reminds us that we are all tongue-tied by the devil in some way. The way Jesus loosens the tongue of the mute is by expelling the Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In today’s Gospel of Matthew 9:18-26, Jesus is on his way to heal Jarius’s daughter when a woman touches him and he feels his healing power leave him. In that society she is judged an Read more…