30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Short Reflection for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Readings: Sirach 35: 12-14. 16-18; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8. 16-18; Luke 18: 9-14

Selected Text: “Two people went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee and the other was a Tax Collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O god, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous…But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner’.” (Luke 18: 10-11. 13)

Meditation: The story of Pharisee and the Publican offers to us two ways of “praying”. The former is self-righteous and enumerates his good works and the latter is asking for pardon and righteousness. The Publican went home justified, not the Pharisee. The Publican and the Pharisee tell of the two types of people: The former is a sinner and asking for forgiveness and thus receives forgiveness; and the latter is also a sinner but self-righteous, thus NOT receiving forgiveness! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisee.

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DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD...

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

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

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