From the heart of Deacon Doug.
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 for the journey. Jesus told them this so they were 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 give up some things. In marriage for example, you relinquish certain 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 he choose to spread his word. If there had been no 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 demons from him. If the devil controls our tongues, he controls 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 outsider with three strikes against her: she is a woman alone, she Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸 to you all !! Today we celebrate our birth as a nation and celebrate the freedom won for us by our forefathers. Let us pray that this freedom, especially the freedom to worship as we choose, is never taken away Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus said to Thomas; “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” My friends, that’s all of us !! We live in a culture where I have to know everything. If I can’t see Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The paralytic and his companions show up looking for Jesus with concern for the man’s physical health. This, however, was not first on Jesus’ priority list. His first priority is the condition of the man’s soul. For God the only things that can really hurt us are the Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org We know from the Catholic Catechism that mortal sin takes away Sanctifying Grace and cuts us off from God. Today’s gospel illustrates that separation, as the two possessed men keep their distance from Christ and want him to leave them alone. Sin pushes us away from Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today we celebrate the feast day of the two great pillars of our Catholic faith in Sts. Peter and Paul. The New Testament is full of stories of how these two devoted themselves to spreading the good news and building up the early church, St. Peter as Read more