Ascension Sunday

Short Reflection for the Ascension Sunday (B)

Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Ephesians 4: 1-13; Mark 16: 15-20

Selected Passage:  “These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." (Mark 16: 17-18)

Meditation: Signs accompany the preaching of the Good News like speaking new languages; no harm to them when they pick up serpents or drink deadly poisons. Today, we ask ourselves what are the signs that must accompany our Mission?

·      Is it a FELLOWSHIP in the name of Jesus – regardless of color, race, belief, language and gender?

·      Is it our fellowship with the poor and the excluded?

·      Is it our capacity to walk the “extra mile” and to give away our extra coat as well...?

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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…