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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“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
In a spirit of abandonment, we pray, " Is that what you want, Lord?...Then it is what I want also."
The Divine Will may not be what we asked for; the door we knocked on may not open, but the right one will. There will be suffering, sickness, death, aging problems, failures, lost jobs, unrealized ambitions and prodigal children. The will of our Father will always be the right path.
In accepting His Divine Will, God will give our souls peace. Our prayers are the means leading us to that final union in love with the Father
However, we are not to be "sit upons"; we are expected to do what we can to improve a bad situation, always asking God to be our compass.
Hold on to His hand, trust Him and He won't let go of you. He will never leave your side. He is that persistent friend.
When we pray, we join our love to that of God’s, and that love embraces the person for whom we are praying. Praying for the best for ourselves and others is the most precious gift we could offer to God and to one another.
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