Short Reflection for the 14th Sunday of the Ordinary year (B)
Readings: Ezekiel 2: 2-5; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10; Mark 6: 1-6a
Selected Gospel Passage: “When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, ‘Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?’ And they took offense at him.” (Mark 6: 2-3)
Reflection: In life’s often mysterious journey, God reveals his/her wisdom and power in people and events that we least expect. It is akin to that “gentle breeze” that reveals God’s “passing by”. Thus beware that we take no offense at the way God’s reveal him/herself. At times, we take offense as a kind of “ jealousy” - complex that does not acknowledge the giftedness of the other, and we try to destroy it. BEWARE! Visit 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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