30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 30^th Sunday in ordinary Time (B)

The Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52

Selected Gospel Passage:  “Jesus said to him in reply, ‘what do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man replied to him, ‘Master, I want to see’.” (Mark 10: 51)

Meditation: Blindness is not something physical only… There are many ‘non-seeing’ in our lives – NOT seeing the need of the poor, BLIND to gender inequity, INDIFFERENT to environmental degradation, etc.  Unless we recognize and name our blindness we are far from being able to see again! Do pray to the Lord:  “That we may see again…”

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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…