26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 26^th Sunday in the Ordinary Year (B)

Readings: Numbers 11: 25-29; James 5: 1-6; Mark 9: 38-43. 45. 47-48

Selected passage: "Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward." (Mark 9: 41)

Meditation:  The act of sharing whatever we have with people in need is closest to God’s heart.  Tradition has it that almsgiving is “prayer in action”.  Gospel invites us to share our blessings with the neighbors in need  and he/she does.. will surely not lose his/her reward.

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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…