DIVINE WHISPER with FR. PIUSRALPH EFFIONG, SMMM

THURSDAY OF THE 27th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (II)

Mystery of the day: Luminous 

Table of the Word: Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 11:5-13

Theme:  Peserverance in prayer

“And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (cf. Luke 11:5-13)

Reflection for the day: 

The invitation to perseverance in prayer has a repeatition also in one of the synoptic gospels ((cf. Matthew 7:7-8). It is a wake up call to our Christian duty to persevere in our prayer life, for God knows our cares and worries. 

In the light of this, that Evangelist Luke reminded us today in the gospel pericope the words of our Lord saying:

And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (cf. Luke 11:5-13)

This is a pointer to the fact that He knows our needs, but we must first of all ask in order to receive. The essence of this caveat is to enable us have value for the needed gift. For if we receive it on the platter of gold we may likely loose its value. 

However, this does not nullifies the attribute of God as "all-knowing" (Omniscience), but it permeates our consciousness with this aura of being sensitive that there is nothing that we own that is not given to us by God (directly or indirectly).

In our day-to-day endeavour, we need to be ever-concious of our beings as weak and short- lived. We need to acknowledge our inadequacies and weaknesses and recognize with confidence our total dependence on God, that without Him we are nothing. 

Finally, let our trust, desire and need be built on Him and only Him alone. For in doing this, we will know that our strength comes from Him and only Him alone. Peace, be with you!

Let us pray

Eternal Word, thank You for the wonders of our being. As we journey along this ephemeral path grant us the grace to be humble and ask whenever we are in need. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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