Dhikr for the Holy Week (B): The Passion of the Lord
Selected Passage: “And at three o'clock Jesus cried out in a
loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which is translated,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34)
Reflection: The song “Foot Prints in the Sand”
beautifully articulates the meaning of the experiences of “being forsaken” by
God. In those difficult times that we
see only a pair of footprints… they are NOT ours but God’s who carried us in
his loving arms…
DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD...
Dhikr is an Arabic word for remembrance. In the
“tariqa” (the way) movement, dhikr developed into a form of prayer… It is a
prayer of the heart… following three simple steps:
1.
Write in one’s heart a certain passage of the Holy
Writ…
2.
Make the same passage ever present in one’s
lips.
3.
Then wait for God’s disclosure on the meaning of
the passage…that interprets one’s life NOW…!
It takes a week of remembering (dhikr)…or even more
days to relish the beauty of this method…
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