Short Reflection for Easter Sunday – Jesus is Risen, Alleluia!

Readings: Acts 10: 34. 37-43; Colossians 3: 1-4; John 20: 1-9

Selected Passage: “The the other disciplen also went in, the one who had arrived first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” (John 20: 8-9)

Refletion: Jesus is, truly, Risen! Alleluia! With Jesus' resurrection we have the guarantee that, in the end, good shall prevail over evil; life over death; and grace over sin!  As St. Paul says – “Christ has been sacrificed. Therefore , let us celebrate the feast not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth”.  (1 Cor. 5: 8)  Easter Greetings and Blessings to one and all!

DHIKR Prayer 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…