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Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus tells us a story today about two sons. The one said no to his father but later changed his mind and obeyed him. This son highlights the way of Jesus who wants total conversion in our Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Luke 14: 25-33, Jesus is traveling with a crowd, and he tells them that if they want to be his disciple, but do so without hating their family, they cannot be Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today is the Third Sunday of Advent or Gaudete Sunday. It is the day we light the pink candle on our Advent Wreath. It’s a day for rejoicing because the birth of Jesus is near. John the Baptist Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Though Franciscan missionaries had been laboring in Mexico for twenty years, they had made little progress. Within ten years of the appearance of Mary to Juan Diego practically the entire Mexican people, nine million strong, Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today Matthew 11:16-19, Jesus is accused of being a glutton and a drunkard, and hanging out with sinners. Jesus was being judged by people that obviously didn’t understand his mission on earth. What was Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of God’s greatest gifts to the people of Israel in the past had been freedom. As a result they believed that the trade mark of the long-awaited Messiah would also be freedom. When John the Baptist Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org One of the first passages I memorized in my youth was today‘s Gospel passage when Jesus said, “Come to me all you who are burdened, and I will give you rest!” We all have many inescapable Read more…

Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today is the great feast day of The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. I would have to say however that Mary may not be thrilled with us honoring her this way. She said to Elizabeth, “My Read more…