Gospel: Luke
11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose
one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me
three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a
journey and I have nothing to offer him, and he says in reply from within, ‘Do
not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are
already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does
not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up
to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.
And I tell you, ask and you
will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one
who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a
snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If
you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
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Reflection:
How
persistent are we in our prayer? For example if we have a prayer before Jesus
do we pray until our prayer is answered by Jesus? Or we easily give-up because
we feel the Jesus doesn’t hear our prayer? The best attitude to have when we
pray is not to give-up because giving-up is a sign of our lack of faith.
The
foundation of every prayer is faith for without faith there is no successful
prayer. For example, if we pray for healing for our sickness or we pray for
something that we badly want we must therefore pray unceasingly with faith.
In our
gospel there is this persistent fellow, who during the dead of night went to
the house of his friend to ask for bread for his visitor. What moved this
fellow to go to his friend to ask for bread even at midnight? It was faith! The
fellow had faith that his friend would never fail him.
Jesus in
our gospel tells us: Ask and you will receive; seek and you
will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks,
receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door
will be opened (Luke 11:9-10).
Do you have a prayer before Jesus?
Never give-up continue instead to badger Him with your prayer with faith.
Prayer that comes from the depths of your heart and soul. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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