Short
Reflection for Palm Sunday (C):The Lord’s Passion
Readings:
Isaiah 50: 4 – 7; Philippians 2: 6 – 11;
Luke 22: 14 – 23: 56
Selected Passage: Then
he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He
replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in
Paradise." (Luke 23: 42-43)
Reflection: The Palm of Triumph
The peaceful figure of
Jesus rises above the hostility and anger of the crowds and the legal process.
Jesus remains a true model of reconciliation, forgiveness and peace. In the
midst of his own agony and trial, we realize the depths of Jesus' passion for
unity. He is capable of uniting even Pilate and Herod together in friendship
(23:12). From the cross, Luke presents Jesus forgiving his persecutors (23:34)
and the dying Jesus allows even a thief to steal paradise! (23:43).
In reading the Passion of
the Lord (Luke’s version), we meditate on God’s mercy, forgiveness and
reconciling power. In Jesus’ passion,
death and resurrection, we have been reconciled with God and with one another. 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…
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