22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

 

Short Reflection for the 22^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 

Readings: Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a; Luke 14:1, 7-14.

Selected Passage:  "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.” (Luke 14: 12-13) 

Meditation:  The Gospel is a strong challenge to us and a reminder that the poor and the hungry must have places at our table else we are NO different from the Scribes and the Pharisees. .  If we invite only friends and kinfolks and the wealth and the powerful, we have already received our rewards. So next time we throw a party, we simply ask whether the poor and the crippled are also fed else Cuidate (BEWARE)! Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD... 

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

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

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

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) - The Narrow Gate

Short Reflection for the 21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 

Readings: Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30.

Selected Passage: “Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them, "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.” (Luke 13: 23-24) 

Meditation:  To enter the Kingdom of God is not a question of strength and merit.  No one is strong enough and neither anyone is meritorious enough to win the Kingdom! It is a GIFT.  But walking along the path of Jesus means to bear fruits. And fruits associated to the lives of Christians are – justice, charity and mercy! So pray for these fruits. Remember that the Kingdom is God’s gratuitous offer to all! Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD... 

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

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

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

Bapa Jun Mercado, omi

Badaliyya - Philippines

Short Reflection for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 

Readings: Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10; Hebrew 12: 1-4; Luke 12: 49-53

Gospel Passage:  "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! (Luke 12: 49-50) 

Meditation:  Jesus spoke of his own Baptism of fire – his suffering, death and resurrection that others may have life.   It is the fire that burns yet purify.  The fire in our life is always the symbol of energy and zeal.  This is our zeal for the kingdom of God manifest in our love of God and Love of neighbors, especially the least. Hold on to that fire else we become a walking dead.  Cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com    

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Short Reflection for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Readings: Wisdom 18: 6-9; Hebrew 11: 1-2. 1-12; Luke 12: 32-48

Gospel Passage: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Luke 12: 32-34)

Meditation:  The kingdom is given to us for FREE! The gospel’s challenge to us is show that we, truly, treasure the kingdom both in our words and deeds. Our deeds reveal the real treasure in our heart. Work for the treasure that does NOT wear out and NO thief can reach nor moth destroy. cf. www.badaliyya.blogspot.com