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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Seldom does the gospel show Jesus angry. In today’s reading he is angry at the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and their hardness of heart. In our society today we see so much anger, and we know that Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The past year 2020 presented some unique challenges for all of us: a global pandemic, economic hardship, disrupted plans, political and racial tensions. Any one of these alone could have shaken us. Add to this the personal Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Mark 2:18-22, Jesus is asked why his disciples don’t fast like everyone else. Jesus tells them there will be time for fasting when he is gone. He also tells them that you Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org “Here I am Lord, I have come to do your will!” Have we really prepared ourselves to make that statement ? In making that statement we are not telling God we will do what he asked Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus gives forgiveness as a gift to people who do nothing to earn it and to some people who don’t seem to deserve it. He also forgives here and now. A person no longer has to live Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today Mark 2:1-12, a group of men bring a paralyzed man to Jesus. They can’t get into the door of the house where Jesus is because of the crowd, so they drop Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org   Old Testament scholars of the law were saying that when God comes he’s going to be mad and that’s bad news. He’s going to crack down on the law so you better get ready.    Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The early passages from Mark Chapter One are kind of like “a day in the life of Jesus”. They are an attempt by Mark to characterize how Jesus lived and ministered. There is also a conflict between Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today in Mark’s gospel, Jesus enters the synagogue in Capernaum. This story is the first time we hear Jesus preach, according to Mark. Now the scribes mentioned were good people who devoted their lives to learning the Read more

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Mark 1:14-20, Jesus is walking along the Sea of Galilee where he sees Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, and he calls them to “come after me, and I will make Read more