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 you in your prayer? For example, if you have a prayer before
Jesus do you pray until your prayer is answered by Jesus? Or you easily give up
because you feel the Jesus doesn’t hear your prayer? The best attitude to have
when you pray is not to give up because giving-up is a sign of lack of faith.
The
foundation of every prayer is faith for without faith there is no successful
prayer. For example, if you pray for healing for your sickness or you pray for
something that you badly want you must therefore pray unceasingly with faith.
In our
gospel there is a 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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