27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 27^th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Genesis 2: 18-24; Hebrew 2: 9-11; Mark 10: 2-16

Selected Passage: "But Jesus told them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment." (Mark 10: 5)

Meditation:  We, too, are often afflicted with a certain hardness of heart. We make all kinds of excuses or we point fingers to others to be at fault.  Yet, the real wrong is in us!  Find this “hardness” in our heart and allow God to melt it .  Only then can GRACE flow into us. 

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 26^th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Numbers 11: 25-29; James 5: 1-6; Mark 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48

Gospel passage: "No one who performs mighty deeds in my name  who can act, at the same time, speak ill of me…  and anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward." (Mark 9: 39 & 41)

 Meditation:  Belongingness does NOT solely measure by registration or words… Deeds would tell whether we belong to Christ or not.  And the act of sharing whatever we have with people in need is closest to God’s heart.  Tradition has it that almsgiving is “prayer in action”…

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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…

South Sudan

“The next two weeks are a crucial period to see whether the agreement [signed by warring South Sudanese parties three weeks ago] will stick. The parties are establishing the mechanisms for a permanent ceasefire and if they agree and implement the agreement we can feel more confident the agreement will hold. If not, then the agreement will be in crisis”. (Casie Copeland, South Sudan Analyst, Ventures Africa, 14 September)

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 25th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Wisdom 2: 12. 17-19; James 3: 16 – 4: 3; Mark 9: 30-37

Gospel Passage: "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." (Mark 9: 35b)

 Meditation:  Aren’t we like the disciples who often argue who is the greatest among ourselves?  Yet, the call we receive is to become servant of all. Yes, the greatest in the fellowship of Jesus is NOT the one in purple and being served. It is he who serves and the last that shall be the first in the Kingdom. Beware of the yeast of the Pharisee!

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