Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mt 7: 7-12
March 2, 2023 | Thursday
Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives; whoever seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Would any of you give a stone to your son, when he asks for bread? Or give him a snake, when he asks for a fish? However bad you may be, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! So, do to others whatever you would that others do to you: there, you have the law and the prophets.
Today’s Reflection:
“Ask and you shall receive.” In today’s gospel, Jesus invites His disciples to pray without ceasing—a prayer so intimate such as the image of a little child asking something from his good father. Yes, prayer is an act of a creature raising his arms to God thus, in the gospel, Jesus revealed a manner of prayer where a child raises his arms towards his Father. How tender is it to behold when one is lifted up by God who is Our Father? /Vulnerasti, 2023
