South Sudan's Challenge

South Sudan's Challenge
Healing & Reconciliation

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

19th Sunday Short Reflection


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

Readings: 1 Kings 19: 4-8; Ephesians 4: 30 - 5: 2; John 6: 41-51

Selected Text: “It is written in the prophets: 'They shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.”  (John 6: 45)

Meditation: Do we truly allow ourselves to be taught by God? Do we listen to God and learn from the Lord in our work and life?  When we partake of the Bread of life - Jesus himself - we are in communion with him - being one with him!

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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