4th Sunday of Lent (B)

Short Reflection for the 4th Week of Lent (B)

Readings: 2 Chronicles 36: 14-16. 19-23;  Ephesians 2: 4-10;  John 3: 14-21

Selected Passage: “And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.” (Jn. 3: 19-20)

Meditation Lent is a special season to LOOK at the VERDICT on our own life.  Our good deeds are our witnesses that we belong to the light.  The true sacrifice that the Lord requires of us is good deed extended to our neighbors in need. 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…