Kargador at Dawn

Kargador at Dawn
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Tuesday, September 04, 2018

23rd Sunday i Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection on the 23rd Sunday of the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings:  Isaiah 35: 4-7a; James 2: 1-5; Mark 7:31-37
Selected Passage: “He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue;  then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (That is, "Be opened!")  And (immediately) the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly." (Mark 7: 33-35)

 Meditation:  We need to hear again the word "Ephphata" and find its healing power in us today. It is an invitation to be opened to the prompting of the Spirit; to be opened to the call to go to the margin and the poor and the excluded; and to be opened to become the Church of communion that includes ALL.


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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