Christian meditation community celebrates silver jubilee

The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) Northern region celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its establishment in Malaysia on July 7 at the Church of Divine Mercy.

Jul 26, 2018

By Roland Victor
The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) Northern region celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its establishment in Malaysia on July 7 at the Church of Divine Mercy. Forty-five members of various meditation groups and friends from Penang and Kedah were present.

The formation, themed To be Imitators of Christ, was led by Fr Martin Arlando, the spiritual director of the Northern Region. Fr Martin asked for some feedback from the audience about how meditation touched their lives and how the weekly meetings progressed. Many reported that they experienced calmness, relief and control over anger and pain. Although some of the groups faced challenges with the attendance of members at the weekly Meditation meetings, Fr Martin encouraged them to continue with faith and perseverance.

Then Fr Martin read a passage from 1 Kings 18, 19:1-4. He explained that we need to be always steadfast in our devotion to God who would help us overcome all challenges. When the prophet Elijah was faced with so many obstacles and challenges, he persevered faithfully and God did the rest in His time.

Meditation will lead us to an encounter with Jesus which needs to be shared with others. The importance of sharing the meditator’s experience was emphasised so that we can draw others to God and His Church.

Meditation helps us to proclaim Jesus in our lives. We need to bring Him to others, especially those in need.

When they experience God, they can help others in their journey of transformation, but we need to be transformed first.

Meditators were cautioned about the danger of stagnation if meditation does not help us to transform, to be honest with God, to empty oneself of falsehood, to reach out to be His true and living witness by the way we live our lives.

Fr Martin shared his experience of how his daily meditation, daily confession and daily Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament were key to his development and growth in his faith journey. These key elements led him to encounter the presence of God. Finally, he decided to become a priest during a 30-day retreat at the Seven Fountains in Chiengmai some years back.

We are called to imitate Jesus and be our true selves. Taste and see that the Lord is good, and we will begin to cherish Jesus more and more.

The event was followed by the Eucharistic celebration and a fellowship meal. Finally, the members watched the touching and heartfelt movie: Paul, the Apostle of Christ.

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