Last weekend 33 prisoners and 21 team leaders participated in a Cursillo at Norfolk State Prison, as I mentioned last Saturday. The results were "incredible" as team members shared their experiences amazingly similar to the incarcerates who at one time thought they were the only ones who had feelings of inadequacy or who felt distant from God because of their behavior. By Sunday a strong community had been formed and the new "Cursillistas" had a chance to describe what had happened to them during the weekend. Major insights, inner purifcations and transitions were reported, salted with a great hope in a future with a much deeper relationship with God. They "got it", and will be sustained by a strong Cursillo Community within the prison of men who had already made a Cursillo. When we think of prison, do we think Cursillo? I doubt it, but it is refreshing and encouraging to know that these men, separated from society because they broke the law, have now found a new freedom that comes from the law of love: "Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself". Our prayers helped this "miracle" happen, and I was asked to convey the gratitude of the team and the Cursillistas to all who prayed for them. Another lesson in the power of prayer.
I ask prayers now for two young boys, 9 and 11, one of whom is in serious condition with a collapsed lung, and the other near death because of cancer. Lord, may they be healed, if it be your will. Amen.
Bro. Rene
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