Ask and You Will Receive October 12

I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from faith in what you heard? Galatians 3:2

“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Luke 11:9

Piety

God, you never stop asking us to love and serve and sacrifice. Maybe that’s because you never stop loving, and serving and sacrificing for us. Help us to respond to your call for friendship and intimacy. Please help us to repay you in kind with a persistent love, persistent service and persistent sacrifice. Deliver us from evil and grant us peace today. Amen.

Study

http://www.usccb.org/nab/101206.shtml

Yesterday, Jesus taught us how to pray. Today, he unveils the payoff. If you are persistent, then you will get what you ask for.

Luke uses the example of a neighbor looking for a loaf of bread to serve a guest. Holy Hospitality. Imagine going to the grocery store with a six-year-old child. As you rush through the checkout line, the child sees his favorite candy bar. Perhaps you have heard a conversation go something like this:

Nino: Please, can I have a bag of M&Ms? I’ll be your best friend.

Papa: No. It will spoil your dinner.

Nino: If you buy it for me know, I won’t eat it until after dinner.

Papa: No. No. That’s when you have to do your homework.

Nino: I’ll save the M&Ms until after homework.

Papa: No, No, No for the last time. It will be too late for you to have that much sugar.

Nino: Then we can get them now and put them in my lunch bag for tomorrow.

Papa: No!

Nino: But before you said you were saying “No” for the last time. Now is the time to say yes. Right? Please can I have some M&Ms for lunch tomorrow?

Papa: OK. OK. OK. OK. OK.

“Because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.”

Maybe its time we got persistent in prayer. Jesus, says, after all, ask and you shall receive. If we give good gifts to our children, how much more will our Father who art in heaven, give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Action

What do you need to ask of Our Father today?

Whose requests can you fulfill today?