Anglican Cursillo Tasmania

In Cursillo we often speak about the God who comes close — the God who meets us not in abstractions, but in the very particular details of our lives. That is the heart of this reflection: the God who calls specific people at specific moments for specific purposes. It is what Scripture calls the scandal of particularity — the surprising, unsettling truth that God does not deal with humanity in vague generalities. He calls Abram. He calls Matthew. He calls you.

Genesis 12 reminds us that God’s call rarely lands on the people we would expect. Abram was 75, childless, and living in a pagan city. Yet God spoke a single, life‑altering word: “Go.”

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In Cursillo language, this is the moment of prevenient grace — God moving first, reaching into an ordinary life and awakening a new identity. Abram’s story tells us that God’s call is not based on our qualifications but on His purpose.

God’s call is not hindered by your past; it is shaped for your future.

 

Abram’s journey through Shechem, Bethel, and the Negeb mirrors our own Fourth Day. He walked through unfamiliar territory, surrounded by people who did not share his faith, yet he built altars — visible signs of worship and trust.

In Cursillo, we build our own “altars” through piety, study, and action.

We worship even when the promise feels distant. We trust even when the land looks nothing like what God has spoken. We keep walking, not because we see the fulfilment, but because we know the One who promised.

Tasmania has its own spiritual terrain — sometimes rocky, sometimes fertile. But like Abram, we plant our altars here, declaring that God is present in this land and in our lives.

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Matthew 9 shows Jesus calling someone no one else would have chosen — a tax collector, socially despised and spiritually excluded. Yet Jesus simply says: “Follow me.”

This is the heart of Cursillo:

Christ sees us, calls us, and welcomes us long before we feel worthy of His invitation.

And then comes the woman who touches His cloak — unclean, isolated, desperate. Jesus turns and calls her “Daughter.” Not outsider. Not problem. Daughter.

In Cursillo we proclaim this same truth:

No one is beyond the reach of Christ’s love. No one is too far gone. No one is forgotten. Not in Capernaum. Not in Jerusalem. Not in Tasmania.

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The God who called Abram and Matthew calls us still. His voice speaks into our ordinary days:

Follow me, Go where I send you, Take heart, daughter/son

Your background, your wounds, your story — none of these disqualify you. In fact, they may be the very reason God has chosen you for the mission He has placed before you.

Cursillo reminds us that Christianity is not lived in theory but in friendship, community, and daily witness. God’s particular call becomes visible through the way we love, serve, and walk with others.

You are not chosen by accident.

You are not placed here by coincidence.

The same God who met Abram in Ur and Matthew at a tax booth meets you in your home, your parish, your workplace, your Fourth Day.

He calls you by name. He sends you with purpose. And He blesses others through you.

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De Colores.

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