16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Short Reflection for the 16^th Sunday of the Ordinary Time (C)

Readings:  Genesis 18: 1-10; Colossians 1: 24-28; Luke 10: 38-42

Gospel Passage:  “There is need only for one thing.  Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.” (Luke 10: 41)

Meditation:  Like Martha, we are, often, burdened with so many worries and we forget what is very important.  Often this means simply to accompany someone and listen with compassion and love. We are anxious about many things: what are we to eat; what are we to wear; and what are we to do? Mary has shown the better way, that is, being in communion with the Lord and listening to him. Often what requires of us is simply to be there with them and accompany them and listen to them in their travails and suffering. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

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…