Hvaljen Isus i Marija! Ja sam Luka Rasinec, imam 27 godina i dolazim iz Đurđevca, malog grada u Podravini. Živim i radim u Zagrebu – po zanimanju sam pravnik, a trenutno radim u javnobilježničkom uredu. Oženjen sam i u studenom 2024. godine smo dobili na dar malog sina Daniela. U slobodno vrijeme sviram, volim čitati knjige, iako nažalost za to nemam puno vremena, te boraviti u prirodi, naročito u zoološkom vrtu!
Za Kursiljo sam saznao još u srednjoj školi, preko prijatelja, koji mi je puno o njemu pričao. Za mene je Kursiljo imao komplicirani naziv i nisam zapravo znao o čemu je riječ, tako da je prošla cijela srednja škola, a da se nisam odazvao na taj „Božji poziv“ preko prijatelja. Međutim, tijekom prve godine faksa upao sam u jednu ljubavnu krizu i to me ponukalo da se vratim prijatelju i kažem mu kako bih htio ići na Krapanj, otići na neku duhovnu obnovu, pogotovo jer nisam nikad bio. Prvi sam puta došao na Krapanj 2017. godine. Bilo mi je čudno među tim ljudima, svi su bili sretni i grlili su se. Ja sam se naspram njih postavio kao neki ekspert i mislio kako oni nemaju pojma i kako glume da su sretni, a zapravo to uopće nisu. Na Krapnju su me najviše dotaknula svjedočanstva ljudi u kojima sam se pronašao te zatim uvidio kako se oni nalaze u istim problemima i bore s teškoćama s kojima se i ja borim. To me jako dotaknulo i tu me Bog počeo pročišćavati. Iskusio sam živog Boga, osobito u klanjanju i u šutnji kroz prirodu, a kući sam se vratio posve promijenjen. Prije Krapnja bio sam jedan površan kršćanin koji je na Misu išao zbog glazbe, da odsviram (čak sam vodio i zbor), ali nikad mi nije bilo jasno zašto ja uopće u crkvu idem.
Ono što me privuklo Kursilju je to što se ljudi tamo stvarno vole iako su različiti i u tim odnosima ponekad teško funkcioniraju. Vidio sam među ljudima pravo i iskreno prijateljstvo, a ja sam to tada silno htio. Animator sam postao nakon tog krapanjskog ljeta kada sam se odazvao na formaciju animatora. Išao sam aktivno na krizmaničke tečajeve i trudio sam se biti blizu Kursilja. Moja današnja uloga je, još uvijek, da budem animator, da budem tu s krizmanicima i da im pokažem da je Bog prisutan i živ u mome životu, a da mi je Kursiljo u tome pomogao. No također osjećam da se sve više uklapam u položaj rektora jer imam osjećaj da svojim iskustvom i znanjem mogu pomoći novim animatorima da zajedno radimo na Božjoj njivi. Naravno, u tome i ja dobivam neka nova znanja. Dakako, Bog također koristi u Kursilju i moj talent za glazbu, stoga se trudim biti prisutan na mjesečnim susretima za mlade ili studente ili na Ultreji kako bih taj dar za glazbu koristio da slavim Boga, a ne da ga čuvam za sebe. Bog me preko Kursilja odgojio i pomogao da upoznam samoga sebe, da sazrijem i da, kada postoji određeni „šum u kanalu“ ne reagiram nezrelo kao malo dijete i ne kažem: „Ja odustajem! To meni ne treba.“, nego da puštam i dalje da Bog to vodi, a ne ja. /p>
Bog je kroz Kursiljo preko mene posebno djelovao u mojoj obitelji. Kad sam se vratio s Krapnja, osjetio sam da želim nešto dati svojoj obitelji, posebno u odnosu s tatom. Tada smo slabo komunicirali i nismo si baš iskazivali osjećaje. Kako sam se polako mijenjao, tako se i moj odnos s tatom počeo popravljati. Do tada je moj tata pokazivao ljubav kroz zajednički rad, a mene je to jako frustriralo jer primam ljubav na drugačiji način. Kada sam primio ljubav od svojeg nebeskog Oca koju želim i za kojom čeznem, tada mi nije bilo toliko frustrirajuće kada bi me tata opet zvao negdje da nešto skupa radimo i mogao sam mu lakše pomoći. Tako je naš odnos počeo napredovati. Možda najljepši trenutak u našem odnosu dogodio se nakon svete mise u crkvi na dan mog vjenčanja, kada je tata došao do mene i zagrlio me u suzama toliko iskreno da sam u tom zagrljaju primio svu onu ljubav koju mi je on možda htio dati, ali se nije znao najbolje izraziti. Moj je tata također išao na misu samo kako bi pjevao zbog čega nije vidio poantu svete mise kada se nije pjevalo. Kada sam mu rekao da ja na svetu misu idem zbog Isusa, to ga je potaklo na razmišljanje, ali i na promjenu. Znam da mi je par puta rekao da je slušao propovijed, da je nešto primijetio tijekom Mise, itd. Moja me pak mama u prošlosti nije grlila, ali kako sam ja nakon Krapnja bio radosniji, znao bih doći do nje i zagrliti ju. Tek sam tada shvatio koliko njoj to znači, kao da mi se do tada to nije usudila pokazati.
Mnogo je prekrasnih plodova Kursilja u mom životu koja bih volio podijeliti. Prvi je jedna mala muška molitvena zajednica koju sam tražio nakon prvog susreta s Kursiljom. Naime, osjetio sam da je jako važno moliti kao mladić s drugim mladićima i dijeliti svoju vjeru. Četvero mladića osnovalo je mušku molitvenu zajednicu na Krapnju u koju su me uključili. To je nešto za čime sam čeznuo, a takvo prijateljstvo sam zapravo prvi put i vidio na Krapnju. Ti dečki su molili da mi Bog pomogne pronaći moju današnju suprugu Jelenu. Upoznali smo se prije šest godina preko Kursilja, a danas smo u braku. Vjenčali smo se baš u Međimurju, a danas smo presretni roditelji malog sina Daniela. Nakon naše svadbe također smo osnovali malu molitvenu zajednicu s jednim bračnim parom iz Kursilja te nam je dragi Bog providio da kupimo gradilište blizu njih. Siguran sam da smo preko Kursilja pronašli prijatelje na koje se možemo uvijek osloniti. Na kraju jedan veliki plod Kursilja je i zbor mladih koji trenutno vodim u župi na zagrebačkoj Savici – „Cor fiduciae“. Taj zbor većinom čine baš animatori iz Kursilja, pored mladih iz župe. Stoga redovito dijelimo iskustva s tečajeva i uzbuđenje koje osjećamo prije odlaska na Krapanj. To su tri najvažnija ploda mojeg života s Kursiljom – zajednicom koja nas se trudi svaki dan sve više približiti Bogu. Za kraj: molite, molite i samo molite. De colores.
Praised be Jesus and Mary! I am Luka Rasinec, I am 27 years old and I come from Đurđevac, a small town in Podravina. I live and work in the notary´s office in Zagreb. I am married and in November 2024 we were blessed with a little son, Daniel. In my free time, I love to read books, and spend time in nature, especially in the ZOO!
I learned about Cursillo when I was in high school through a friend who told me a lot about it. It had a complicated name for me at the time and I didn’t really understand what it was, so my whole high school passed without my answering to “God’s calling” through that friend. However, during my first year in college, I had a love crisis which made me get back in touch with that friend and tell him that I would like to go to the summer camp on island Krapanj, to some spiritual retreat, especially because I had never been to one. I went there in 2017 for the first time. I felt odd among those people, all of whom were happy and hugging each other. I acted like some sort of expert, thinking that they had no actual idea and that they only pretended to be happy, without actually being happy. What moved me most on Krapanj were the testimonies of the people in which I found myself and realized how they had the same problems and fought the same difficulties as me. That touched me a lot and that is where God started to cleanse me. I experienced the living God, especially in adoration and in the silence in nature. I returned home completely changed. Before Krapanj I was a very shallow Christian who went to mass for the music, to play the piano (I even lead the quire), but I was never actually clear on why I went to church in the first place.
What drew me to Cursillo was the fact that people really love each other even though they are different and even though they sometimes have difficulties in those relationships. I saw real and honest friendship among people, and that is something that I really wanted. After that summer on Krapanj I was invited to become a Cursillo animator. I actively went to Cursillos confirmation courses and tried as much as possible to be near Cursillo. My role today is still to be an animator, to be here for confirmation candidates and to show them that God is present and alive in my life, and that Cursillo helped me realize that. I also feel that I am increasingly fitting into the position of confirmation course leader, because I feel that with my experience and knowledge I can help new animators work together in God’s field. I naturally also learn something new in that process. God also uses my talent for music in Cursillo, so I try to be present at the youth and student monthly meetings and ultreyas to use that talent for music to celebrate God, and not to keep it for myself. God raised me through Cursillo and helped me to get to know myself, to mature and, when there is a certain “interference in communication”, not react immaturely as a child and say: “I quit! I don’t need this.”, but to let God lead, not me.
God especially acted through Cursillo through me in my family. When I returned from Krapanj, I felt that I wanted to give something to my family, especially to my relationship with my dad. Back then we didn’t communicate well or show each other our feelings. As I slowly changed, my relationship with my dad started to improve. Until then my dad showed love through working together, which frustrated me a lot because I received love in a different way. When I received the love I needed from my heavenly Father, it was no longer so frustrating for me when dad would call me again to do something together and it was easier for me to help him. That is how our relationship started to improve. Perhaps the most beautiful moment in our relationship happened after a holy mass in the church at the day of my wedding, when he came to me and hugged me with tears in his eyes so sincerely that I received all the love that he maybe wanted to give me, but didn’t know how to express himself. Also, my dad went to mass only to sing, so he didn’t see the point of the holy mass when there was no singing. When I told him how I went to mass for Jesus, that made him think, but not change. I know that he told me a couple of times that he listened to the sermon and that something changed during mass, etc. As far as my mother is concerned, she never hugged me in the past, but as I was more joyful after Krapanj, I would go to her and hug her. It was only then that I realized how much it meant to her, like she didn’t know how to show me that before.
There are three beautiful fruits in my life that I would like to share. The first is one small prayer group for men that I was looking for after first meeting Cursillo. I felt that it was really important to pray as a young man with other young men and share our faith because there are not as many of us in the Church as there are women. Four young men formed a prayer group for men at Krapanj and they included me as well. When I first came among them, I felt that we all really wanted the same thing: an honest, real, prayerfull friendship. That is something I always wished for, and the first time I really saw a friendship like that was at Krapanj. Every week we called each other, talked, prayed for one another, went to pilgrimages and formed lifelong friendships through all of that, and even became each other’s best man. That prayer group regularly prayed for me to find an honest, gentle, humble girl and so I met an especially beautiful girl from Sveti Martin na Muri – my wife Jelena.. We met six years ago through Cursillo, and now we are married. We got married in Međimurje, and today we are the happy parents of our little son Daniel. Finally last but not least is the youth choir that I currently lead in the parish – “Cor fiduciae”. This choir is mostly made up of Cursillo animators, in addition to young people from the parish. We regularly share experiences from the courses and the excitement we feel before going to Krapanj. Those are the three most important fruits of my life with Cursillo – the community that tries to bring us closer to God every day. And finally: pray, pray, and just pray. De colores.
