2nd Sunday in Lent (B)

[Eliseo Mercado]

Short Reflection for the 2nd Sunday of Lent (B)

Readings: Genesis 22: 1-2. 9. 10-11; Romans 8: 31-34; Mark 9: 2-10

Selected Passage: “And Jesus was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them." (Mk. 9: 2-3)

Meditation: Lent is a special season to have an “experience” of our own TRANSFIGURATION” or “metamorphosis” (the Greek word for Tansfiguration). We have to be transformed from our old ways to new ways in Christ. Often this transformation is characterized by (1) return to the Lord or penance; (2) prayers & fasting; and (3) almsgiving. Cf. 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…