1st Sunday in Lent (C)

Short Reflection for the 1^st Sunday in Lent (C)

Readings: Deuteronomy 26,4-10; Romans 10: 8-18; Luke 4:1-13

Selected Passage: "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone.”  "It is written: 'You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve.'"  "It also says, 'You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.'" (Luke 4: verses 4, 8, and 12)

Reflection:  Each one is invited to reflect on Jesus’ three temptations and how Jesus responded to them as he began his public ministry. The first temptation is about  responding to the immediate material needs (Bread). The second temptation is about craving for power and domination (wealth). And the third temptation is about craving for prestige and fame.  Do we easily succumb to these temptations of bread, wealth, power and prestige? Beware, these temptations are very attractive and sweet. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

DHIKR PRAYER 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…