Short Reflection for the 3rd Sunday of Easter (B)
Readings: Acts 3: 13-15. 17-19; 1 John 2: 1-5a; Luke 24:
35-48
Selected Passage: “And he said to them, thus it is written
that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that
repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all
the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things."
(Luke 24: 45-48)
Meditation: We are, indeed, witnesses of the life, teachings
and deeds of the Risen Lord. Post
Resurrection, we no longer see the physical face or look of the Risen Lord, yet
we see and recognize him in good works done for the least of our brothers and
sisters – food to the hungry; drink to the thirsty; clothes to the naked; visit
the sick and prisoners; home to the strangers.
The disciples recognized the Risen Lord when they gave the stranger
shelter and meal to the hungry. Right at the very act of breaking/sharing of
the bread, they recognized the Risen Lord.
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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