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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Tomorrow we begin our Lenten journey. I used to travel a lot for business when I worked in Aerospace and took many interesting journeys. Many trips we all take can last days or even weeks to Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Mark 8:11-13, the Pharisees came to Jesus and demanded a sign from heaven to test him, and prove that he was from God. In reality, they wanted to discredit and destroy Jesus Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Valentine’s Day !! ️   Today is also World Marriage Sunday. It is a day when we celebrate the gift of married love and the gift of God’s unconditional love for us. It’s the kind Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Can anything on earth truly satisfy the hunger we experience for God ? The crowd that was with Jesus for three days were hungry for something more than just physical food. They hung on every word Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Mark 7:31-37, people brought a deaf man to Jesus and begged him to lay hands on the man and heal him. Jesus put his finger in the man’s ears and then he Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org As we see in the Gospel today, when I open myself up and ask for God to heal, to cure, to make me strong and healthy, God’s response is a gift of his very self. When Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Whether our universe was created in a few days or a few billion years, one truth is clear. God is the one who started it all. He created everything out of nothing and he sustains it by Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The law is meant to help us live a good life, but sometimes I get stuck in the very thing that’s supposed to help us. That’s the problem with Scribes and Pharisees. They forgot what the law Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Mark 6:53-56, people recognized Jesus and ran around the country bringing their sick to wherever he was. They placed the sick in the town’s marketplace to wait for Jesus to pass Read more…