Kargador at Dawn

Kargador at Dawn
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

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

Selected Passages: “He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him. Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.”  (Mk.1: 34-35)

Meditation: After a day’s labor – healing the sick and casting out demons, Jesus went into a deserted place to rest and pray. We, too, have become “busy bodies”. We are caught up in our routine work and daily chores.  We need to find an appropriate time and place where we can rest and pray.  We need SILENCE to take stock of life and listen to God.    Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

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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