Gospel: Lk 11:5-13
Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says: ‘Friend,
lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived and I have nothing to offer him.’ Maybe your friend
will answer from inside: ‘Don’t bother me now; the door is locked and my children and I are in bed, so I can’t get up and give
you anything.’ But I tell you, even though he will not get up and attend to you because you are a friend, yet he will get up because
you are a bother to him, and he will give you all you need. And so I say to you, ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and
it will be opened to you. For the one who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened. If your
child asks for a fish, will you give a snake instead? And if your child asks for an egg, will you give a scorpion? Even you evil people know how to
give good gifts to your children, how much more then will the Father in heaven give Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” OCT 07 Thu

Reflection

We certainly should pray hard and often.
It is our lifeline to heaven. However, what should
we pray for? This is very important. God will not
give us what we pray for, no matter how long and hard
we pray for it, if it is not part of His perfect will. Thus, we
need a dose of sensitivity to know whether what we ask
for conforms to God’s will or not. And then we can
adjust our prayer or allow Him to take over and do
what He wills. It is not a matter of begging God
until we convince Him to do what we want, as a child
may do to a parent. Rather, we must pray for one thing
and one thing only, that is, we must pray for the
will of God to be done. Prayer is not offered to
change God’s mind, it’s to transform us, strengthen us
and enable us to embrace all that God calls us to do.