Persistence in Prayer

 

Luke 11:5-13

Knock and It Will Be Opened

⁵ And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶ for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷ and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? ⁸ I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. ⁹ And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; ¹² or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Although this Gospel in not specifically for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, the theme of persistent prayer unites them.  How many times have history or personal lives been influenced by the praying of the rosary?  Mary has appeared over the centuries asking that we pray it daily for the needs of the world as well as our own. Why? Because it helps us focus on events in the life of Jesus, and, over the years, enables us to grow in our love for him, our gratitude, to him, and our desire to follow him. The words of Jesus instill confidence as well as the need for persistence.  Let us pray with these attitudes, above, all, let us  pray. 

Bro. Rene