From the heart of Deacon Doug.
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 spit on his fingers and touched the man’s tongue. Jesus 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 I open my ears to hear God’s word and let 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 the power of his love. I worked for a company who 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 was intended to do. If you are old like me, 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 so he could heal them. Even though the sick Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org We know that in life for every action there is a reaction. We see that clearly today in the gospel. They tell Jesus that Simon’s mother-in-law is sick (action), Jesus immediately heals her (reaction). The fever left her (action) and she waited on them (reaction). He got up early Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus tells his disciples to come away and rest for awhile. At my age that sounds really good. In fact every day I try to take a short nap to refresh myself. On Cursillo I take a nap on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Bill Crawford was the Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our Gospel today, Luke 9:23-26, Jesus tells his followers that if they want to follow him, they must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him. To deny ourselves doesn’t mean just giving up sweets, wine or beer like Lent, it means having Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today Jesus tells his disciples to travel light. Life is too short to be weighed down with excess baggage. The reason for traveling light is not because these things are evil. I’m not supposed to travel through life trying to avoid being contaminated by material things. These Read more
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Why was it that those close to Jesus, at least in the beginning of his ministry, had difficulty with him? Could it be they knew him as he was growing up and led a normal childhood life? He surely seemed like one of them. They knew his mother Read more