Badaliyya Philippines
June 2012
Dear Friends,
The present ambiguities in Southern Philippines and in the world, have become a source of an extra push to revive the Badaliyya Prayer on each last Thursday of the month. We will begin the monthly updates at 3:30 pm and conclude with a 30-minute prayer beginning at at 4:30 pm. The first session is scheduled on the 28th of June 2012 at the Conference Hall of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (2nd Floor of the NDU Main Canteen).
Dear Friends,
The present ambiguities in Southern Philippines and in the world, have become a source of an extra push to revive the Badaliyya Prayer on each last Thursday of the month. We will begin the monthly updates at 3:30 pm and conclude with a 30-minute prayer beginning at at 4:30 pm. The first session is scheduled on the 28th of June 2012 at the Conference Hall of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (2nd Floor of the NDU Main Canteen).
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In this first session, we shall reflect on the call to “substitutionary prayer” following Louis Massignon’s own suggestion to turn to Charles de Foucauld and Saint Francis for inspiration and enlightenment.
In this first session, we shall reflect on the call to “substitutionary prayer” following Louis Massignon’s own suggestion to turn to Charles de Foucauld and Saint Francis for inspiration and enlightenment.
At Tamanrasset in the southern Algerian desert Foucauld
realized that he needed to know and understand theTouareg people in order to
truly live with them. In fact he wanted to assimilate himself into their way of
life, in a sense to “become Touareg”. Not only did he allow himself to eat what
those to whom he dedicated his life ate but he learned their language as
intimately as they knew it, as well as their history, traditions, folklore,
poetry and beliefs. “To make oneself understand is the beginning of everything,
in order to do something good”, he wrote. “It isn’t enough to pray for the
salvation of others, nor even to lovingly give oneself to them, but to offer
oneself body and soul for their souls”.
Please join us in person and invite your friends or in spirit as we pray for peace and reconciliation in the Mindanao and other parts of the planet. .
Peace to you.
Eliseo “Jun” Mercado, OMI
Please join us in person and invite your friends or in spirit as we pray for peace and reconciliation in the Mindanao and other parts of the planet. .
Peace to you.
Eliseo “Jun” Mercado, OMI
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