Badaliyya Prayer Session April 29th

Dear Friends,

In the years between 1947 and 1962 Louis Massignon prayed together with members of the Badaliyya in Paris on the First Friday of each month while Mary Kahil and members of the Badaliyya in Cairo joined them in spirit along woth many others around the world. The first Friday was a day of fasting, followed by Mass and the gathering of members of the Badaliya for their monthly prayer.

In keeping with Massignon's tradition, this year 2016 we will gather in prayers for our Badaliyya prayer on the last Friday, of each month, beginning the 29th of April 2016 here at the OMI Bolduc House Chapel at 32 Collates, Xavierville, Loyola, QC.  We begin our Badaliyya Session at 3 pm and conclude it at 4:30 pm.

We pray for peace in the Middle East and we reflect on Psalm 122 included below. Here is a portion of it that we will read together as part of our Badaliyya prayer. Please join us:

Psalm 122

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love you prosper!
May peace be within your walls,
prosperity in your buildings.
Because of my relatives and friends
I will say,"Peace be within you"!
Because of the house of the Lord, our God,
I will pray for your good.

Peace to you.
Fr. Jun Mercado, OMI
Badaliyya - Philippines

April 21, 2016