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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from John 15:9-17, Jesus says, “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Ascension Thursday !!   The Ascension of our Lord is a feast of great hope. It is through the Ascension that we see the world is not our true home. This is a day when Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today Jesus promises the Holy Spirit will come to guide us to all truth. In receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, there should be a difference between us and someone who has not. We may all Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org This week’s Gospel passage is part of the farewell speech Jesus made at the Last Supper to his disciples on the night before he died. In this moving speech he tells them how much he loves them, Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from John 16:1-4, Jesus says, “I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues”. Jesus was warning his disciples that when they stand Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of you who are mothers.   Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty wrote:   “The most important person on earth is a Mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org At the Last Supper, Jesus tried to explain to his disciples that he was only hours away from his death. They were frightened when he talked about leaving them and were very much afraid of being Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today from John 15:12-17, Jesus says, “Love one another as I have loved you. No one has a greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”.  Jesus had just Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus says, “As the Father loves me, so I love you …. love one another as I love you.”    It’s that simple and that deep. We have God’s love within us, and we need to Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Cinco De Mayo !! This week’s passage about the vine and the branches is one very familiar to us. Sometimes it’s so familiar that we miss the powerful impact of that imagery. Jesus speak so graphically of Read more…