33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflections for the 33^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32

Selected Passage:  "Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.” (Mark 13: 28)

Meditation: The presence of the Spirit in us is marked by our ability to read the signs of times.  Pray, therefore, for wisdom to be able to decipher the many writings on the wall else we find ourselves missing the points and worse - find ourselves opposing the Spirit. Amid extra-judicial killing, violations of human rights, and fake news, we are called to listen to the Spirit and read God’s will and discern his call in the signs of times.

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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…