22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 22nd Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)
Readings: Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-9; James 1: 17-18, 21b-27; Mark 7: 1-8, 21-23

Selected Text: “He responded, "Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.' You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition." (Mark 7: 6-8))

Meditation: How easily do we make idols of our rules and ways? They are NOT God’s! They must know what comes from God and what comes from man. The important thing is that we worship God NOT only with our lips, but with our hearts and deeds. 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…