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 In Mark’s Gospel we see Jesus continuing his ministry of healing up in Tyre, which today is in Lebanon. What a gift it must have been for the woman in today’s story to have her daughter healed of unclean spirits. Yet whenever I open myself Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Jesus is continuing to struggle with the Pharisees over adherence to the law. The law for the Jews was to help them live a good life as God intended, but sometimes you can get stuck in the law. This can also be true for us Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The Pharisees complained that Jesus disciple ate their meals without carefully washing their hands as prescribed to them in the Mosaic Law. Jesus says they have set aside the commandments of God in order to uphold their traditions. Jesus specifically accuses them of two things. First 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 were Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The Hebrew word for “understanding” can also be translated as “listening”. It is why we so often talk about quieting ourselves to listen to what the Lord is trying to communicate to us. It is through this listening that we gain wisdom and insight into the Lord’s Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org In our gospel today, Mark 6:14-29, we hear about the end of John the Baptist. John was not afraid to speak the truth, telling Herod that it was not lawful to marry his brother’s wife Herodias. This earned him the wrath of Herodias, and she eventually had Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today is the anniversary of the passing of Deacon Gaston Turcotte. May he Rest In Peace !! Jesus tells his apostles to travel light. No food, no sack, no money in their belt and no second tunic. He tells them this not because these things are Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org Today’s feast is the Presentation of the Lord which is also the Fourth Joyful Mystery. Today we hear that Simeon went to the temple everyday hoping to see the long awaited Messiah. He didn’t know who he was or what to expect. Would this Messiah look like a Read more…
Orange County Cursillo | communications@occursillo.org | occursillo.org The Gospel story today is about the woman in the crowd who touches Jesus’ clothes in order to be healed. It is depicted in one of my favorite paintings of all time. This painting is covering one whole wall in the chapel in the basement of the Read more…