From the heart of Deacon Doug.
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org I know how I love God; imperfectly. My love is real, there is no question about that. But it is still imperfect, and there’s no question about that either. The key to loving one another is accepting imperfect love, my own love and love of others. Read more
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 you ask the Father in my name he may give 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 we lift our gaze to the heavens which is where 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 look the same on the outside, but inside there should 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, and how much he has tried to bring them joy 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 up in society as his followers, they will face persecution 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 need not. She has built something more magnificent than 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 alone. They didn’t realize at the time, but once Jesus gave 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 talked to the disciples about being a good shepherd, one 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 let that love shine on others. God loved us first, Read more