17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 17^th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: 2 Kings 4: 42-44; Ephesians 4: 1-6; John 6: 1-15

Selected Passage: “A large crowd followed Jesus, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.”  (John 6: 2)

Reflection: Do people, likewise, see the signs we are performing in the name of Jesus on the poor, the migrants and the excluded in the way we live and minister? Jesus fed a large crowd with five barley loaves and two fish - all they can eat and with surplus.  We can perform the same signs if we share the bounty of God’s gifts with those in need.  We will not run out of supply, if we keep on sharing and distributing food to the hungry. There will be more than enough.

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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…

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 16th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Ephesians 2: 13-18; Mark 6: 30-34

Selected Passage: “When Jesus disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.” (Mark 6: 34)

Meditation: Jesus’ challenge to us, today, is to do likewise, that is, to have compassion for the people we are sent to minister. In the midst of uncertainties and insecurities, the real pastors accompany the sheep and stay with them. “Pastors must have the smell of sheep.” (PP. Francis) This means that Pastors must live side by side with the people.

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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…

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 15^th Sunday of the Ordinary Time (B)

Readings: Amos 7: 12-15; Ephesians 1: 3-14; Mark 6: 7-13

Selected Gospel Passage: “He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick - no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.”  (Mark 6: 8-9)

Reflection: Jesus’ instruction to his disciples continues to challenge us both in our life style and ministry. This is a call to a simple life-style! Yet, we have perfected the art of giving ourselves comfort, privileges and entitlements in carrying the mission entrusted to us. The preaching and the living of the Gospel are not tied to any material possessions.  While these possessions may enhance the proclamation of the Word, they may also hinder the genuine witness to it. Beware!

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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…

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Short Reflection for the 14^th Sunday of the Ordinary year (B)

Readings: Ezekiel 2: 2-5; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10; Mark 6: 1-6a

Selected Gospel Passage: “When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, ‘Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!  Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?’ And they took offense at him.” (Mark 6: 2-3)

Reflection: In life’s often mysterious journey, God reveals his/her wisdom and power in people and events that we least expect.  It is akin to that “gentle breeze” that reveals God’s “passing by”. Thus beware that we take no offense at the way God’s reveal him/herself.  At times, we take offense as a kind of “ jealousy” - complex that does not acknowledge the giftedness of the other, and we try to destroy it. BEWARE!  Visit www.badaliyya.blogspot.com

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…