31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Short Reflection for the 31^st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Readings: Wisdom 11: 22 - 12: 2; 2 Thessalonians 1: 11 – 2: 2; Luke 19:  1-10.

Selected Text:  “Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over."  (Luke 19: 8)

Meditation: Zacchaeus is teaching us the real meaning of justice and sharing – ‘half of my possession, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I shall repay it four times over’. Here we have a man who expresses his sorrow not merely in words but in actual restitution of the wrong done – and he does it four times over! Zacchaeus stands as our bench mark in our following Jesus Christ! www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD... 

1st step: Write the text or Dhikr (the Arabic word for REMEMBRANCE) in your heart. 

2nd step: Let the text remain always in on your lips and mind - RECITING the text silently as often as possible... 

3rd step:  Be attentive to the disclosure of the meaning/s of the text in your life. 

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Short Reflection for the 29^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Readings: Exodus 17: 8-13; 2 Timothy 3: 14- 4: 2; Luke 18: 1-8

Selected Text:  “The Lord said, ‘Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them’?”   (Luke 18:6-7)

Meditation:  The challenge of the Gospel is our fidelity and persistence in prayer.  Prayer is not something that comes out of the blue… We need to develop the habit and discipline of praying remembering that God ‘secures the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night’. Visit:  www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

 DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD...

1st step: Write the text or Dhikr (the Arabic word for REMEMBRANCE) in your heart.

2nd step: Let the text remain always in on your lips and mind - RECITING the text silently as often as possible...

3rd step:  Be attentive to the disclosure of the meaning/s of the text in your life.