South Sudan's Challenge

South Sudan's Challenge
Healing & Reconciliation

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Short Reflection on the 4th Sunday of Lent (B)

Dhikr for the 4th Sunday of Lent (B)


Selected Passage: “And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.  For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed.” (Jn. 3: 19-20)

Short Reflection: Lent is a special season to LOOK at the VERDICT on our own life – our deed and our witness do they give life or death…? Life is from God while death is from the evil one!

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…


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