“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Ask and it will be given to you; 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.’” (Matthew 7:7-8)
Our faith must always be active. In today’s gospel Jesus tells us to ask, seek, and knock. Throughout scripture we are called to listen, pray, love, serve, take up our cross and follow Christ. We are instructed to clothe, feed, comfort, visit, forgive and have pity on one another. Jesus tells us, “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.” (Matthew 7:12) As we live out our faith the truth will be revealed to us. We will begin to see things through the eyes of Christ which moves us even more.
It is the very nature of every human being to seek God. We were created to live in communion with our Lord, forever praising him. Although our broken world often interferes with this, that core part of us remains and it will always seek Him. Our hearts cry out to him in prayer and this fervent prayer that rises from the depths of our soul will always be received with love and we will find consolation and comfort in Him. No desire or need is too insignificant for God; he wants us to come to him for everything. Prayer is a way of showing our trust in God. By making ourselves vulnerable to him and allowing him into the deepest, darkest places of our soul that we often are afraid to look at ourselves, we find him pouring out his grace and love upon us.
“If prayer enables us the better to understand the Father’s will, it also helps us to penetrate deeper into reality. To a heart steeped in prayer everything becomes transparent. To it is disclosed the inmost core of being. In prayer everything points to God, speaks in some sort of his Name, praises him unceasingly.” ~ Fr. Andre Louf
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