Cursillo #160

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

De Colores! How amazing to be preparing for Cursillo #160 and to be filled with such peace, and I mean the kind of peace that passes all understanding! For months the Lord has been preparing the team for #160 to be vessels of His presence, and before that the Lord was conditioning this rector to fully rely on Him. It is when we accept we cannot do this task by ourselves, but relinquish control to our Heavenly Father and pray for his guidance that we free ourselves to fully enter into His will and experience that peace that passes all understanding.

Words and phrases such as “the peace that passes all understanding”,” fully rely on God”, “the light of Christ”, and “when in doubt pray” have all taken on new significance as preparations for the weekend continue. Each time we have met as a team to worship together, to get to know each other better, to practice those “long boring talks”, and to prepare to serve the participants; one goal has been upper most in our preparation, to develop an intimacy with Christ that results in our own ability to be more like Christ. It is our hope that Cursillo #160 will provide the participants with the experience that will help them develop that same intimacy with Christ that will serve them well beyond the days of the weekend and into their fourth day for many years to come.

The team for Cursillo #160 is so grateful for your prayers, your palanca and the many ways you make it possible for us to do our best. It is with joy we anticipate the arrival of the participants at Camp St. Christopher on July 22, 2010. As each of us has experienced in our time, we know St. Christopher is holy ground, a place where the Holy Spirit breathes amazing life into the very air. I ask you to pray that each participant will be open to experience that life changing Spirit, fully accepting the Father’s grace and enter into a greater commitment to our Lord and Savior.

I look forward to greeting you and celebrating with the new Cursillistas as they join with the fourth day community at Clausura on July 25 and at the Ultreya at St. George’s, Summerville on August 7, 2010. Please continue to support the Cursillistas as they return to the world away from St. Christopher, help them find a Reunion Group and encourage their attendance at Diocesan Ultreyas.

Ultreya!

FHS,

Mary Rife
Lay Rector
Cursillo #160

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “I have made you a light for the Gentiles that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13:47)