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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Badaliyya Study and Prayer Session

Badaliyya Study and Prayer Session

Badaliyya is a movement based on the concept of BADAL. Badal is an Arabic word for “Substitution” or “Ransom”.  Louis Massignon had “discovered” the reality of BADAL – Substitution/Ransom for the reparation of injustices and for witnessing to the poor and victims of injustices.  Substitution/Ransom demands an offer of the total self – similar to the test of martyrdom or Shahid.  Badaliyya is the movement began by Fr. Louis Massignon in Egypt upon the inspiration of Blessed Charles de Foucauld.

Jesus Christ is the Model of Badal.  Quoting from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans: “But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.  Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation. (Romans 5: 5-11)

The Badaliyya Movement comes from the "understanding" that interreligious relation is primarily a movement of LOVE - a PASSIONATE LOVE that moves one to offer his/her life that others may have life and life to the full. It is a movement of self-expenditure... The model is Jesus Christ in the cross that paid the price by being a RANSOM for us!

St. Francis of Assisi and Blessed Charles de Foucauld are few examples of Badal.  The Badaliyya movement got the first impetus through the initiatives and efforts of Fr. Louis Massignon, Mary Kahil and their friends in the Arabic Academy specializing in Middle East Studies.

The monthly Session of the Badaliyya Study and Prayer Group is a monthly schedule at the Divine Mercy Spiritual Center from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The day varies depending on the availability of major participants (The OMI Novitiate &n Postulancy; the Marist Brothers’ Novitiate and the OND Tamontaka Communities and the Binuligan Mother of Perpetual Help Shrine.

Everyone looking for a type of a Christian Spirituality in the context of Muslim-Christian relations is welcome to the Badaliyya.  We are looking forward to your active participation in the Badaliyya Movement…

Thank You...

Fr. Jun Mercado, OMI
Badaliyya-Philippines
September 29, 2016


For more information, visit the website of the Badaliyya Philippines at http://www.badaliyya.blogspot.com/

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