3rd Sunday of Advent (A)

Short Reflection for the 3^rd Sunday of Advent (A)

Readings: Isaiah 35: 1-6a, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11

Selected Text: 4 Jesus said to them in reply, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 * the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. 6 And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me." (Matthew 11: 4-6)

Meditation: We need new eye sight to heed the signs that point to the presence of the reign of God in our midst – “the blind regain their sight; the lame walk; lepers are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.” These are the signs that God’s saving work is underway, in the here and now. And through our good works, especially our concrete sharing of our time, talents and treasure with those in need make the reign of God present in our midst. Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD

1st step: Write the text or Dhikr (the Arabic word for REMEMBRANCE) in your heart.

2nd step: Let the text remain always in on your lips and mind - RECITING the text silently as often as possible...

3rd step:  Be attentive to the disclosure of the meaning/s of the text in your life.

Living Together as Friends...

A New Way of Living Together...

“It is my ardent hope that Muslim and Christian religious leaders and teachers will present our two great religious communities as COMMUNITIES IN RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE, NEVER MORE AS COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT”.

It is crucial for the young to be taught the ways of respect and understanding, so that they will not be led to misuse religion itself to promote or justify hatred and violence. Violence destroys the image of the Creator in his creatures, and should never be considered as the fruit of religious conviction.”

“We urgently need a new way of presenting our two religions NOT IN OPPOSITION, as it happened too often in the past, BUT IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOOD OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.”

(John Paul II the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, 6 May 2001)

LET US NOT USE THE NAME OF GOD TO KILL, MURDER AND DESROY! AND we SAY "NO" TO ALL FORMS OF VIOLENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM!

Jun Mercado, OMI

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December 12, 2019

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.