Solidarity with those who have less in life....

AS OUR LENTEN OBSERVANCE WE NEED TO DO LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.... THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS!

1st Sunday in Lent (B)

Short Reflection for the 1^st Sunday of Lent (B)

Readings: Genesis 9: 8-15; 1 Peter 3: 18-27; Mark 1: 12-15

Selected Gospel Passage: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." (Mk.2 15)

Short Reflection: Lent is a special season to be more attentive to the “disclosure” of the kingdom of God as we journey through life.  BELIEVE in the GOSPEL! The Season of Lent is CHARACTERZED by three exercises: ALMSGIVING or ACTS of CHARITY; PRAYERS; and FASTING.  Do this and the Kingdom of God has come to your lives.

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 6^th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Leviticus 13: 1-2. 44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31- 11:1; Mark 1: 40-45

Gospel Passage: “Moved with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, ‘I do will it. Be made clean’."  (Mk.1: 41)

Reflection: We, too, need to feel Jesus’ “touch” and hear his voice “I do will it…”    In one sense, all of us are suffering from the leprosy of sin. But that disease is not our truest self, our deepest nature. Our true nature is inherently beautiful, made in the divine image and likeness. This is what Jesus would restore.

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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 5^th Sunday of the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Job 7: 1-4. 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19; Mark 1: 29-39

Gospel Passage: “Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.  Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, ‘Everyone is looking for you.’ He told them, ‘Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.’ So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.” (Mark 1: 35-39)

Short Reflection: We, too, need to find an appropriate time and place where, we can pray. Prayer should precede our preaching and healing, especially expelling demons both in our lives and in our community

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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…