Short
Reflection for the Ascension Sunday (B)
Readings:
Acts 1: 1-11; Ephesians 4: 1-13; Mark 16: 15-20
Selected
Passage: “These signs will accompany
those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new
languages. They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any
deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they
will recover." (Mark 16: 17-18)
Meditation:
Signs accompany the preaching of the Good News like speaking new languages; no
harm to them when they pick up serpents or drink deadly poisons. Today, we ask
ourselves what are the signs that must accompany our Mission?
·
Is it a FELLOWSHIP in the name of Jesus – regardless of color, race,
belief, language and gender?
·
Is it our fellowship with the poor and the excluded?
·
Is it our capacity to walk the “extra mile” and to give away our
extra coat as well...?
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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