Church in Santa Barbara Chihuahua Mexico
Sunday's Gospel was about Prayer. Luke 11:1-13
one of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test.”
And he said to them, “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 the visitor 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?”
Either he answers with a "NO. What you are requesting is not what I have in plan for you."
A YES, "I would grant you your request" or
A NOT NOW," I will grant you what you request but in my timing. You have to be patient and wait."
When we pray we often want our prayers to be answered NOW! But often we don't understand that HIS answer is what is best for us.
Sometimes we want God to anwer us exactly how we want HIM to reply. God's plans are better than our plans.
The priest also said that when you pray you don't need a long prayer. Sometimes you don't even need to say a word.
"God Understands our Prayers Even When We Can't Find the words to say them"
We have to be Persistent in prayer.
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. "
