Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Luke 11: 5-13
October 9, 2025 | Thursday

Today’s Gospel

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 him a snake instead? And if your child asks for an egg, will you give him a scorpion? If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

Today’s Reflection

Christ reminds us in the Gospel to be persistent in our prayers. Our persistence will lead God to provide us with our needs and show us his ultimate generosity by giving his presence to us, the Holy Spirit. Our persistence should grow into a deeper faith and complete trust in God so that his assurance of answered prayers is guaranteed. God is eager to answer our needs as long as our life is grounded in a persistent life of prayer.

/Vulnerasti, 2025