Short Reflection
for the 5th 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
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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