Daily Retreat 10/12/06
2006 Oct 12 Thu: Ordinary Weekday
Gal 3: 1-5/ Lk 1: 69-70. 71-72. 73-75/ Lk 11: 5-13
From today’s readings: “After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?... Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has visited His people.... 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?”
Persevering in Prayer
Perseverance is a key component to success in life, and so, not surprisingly, it’s also an essential part of prayer. Jesus Himself prayed consistently throughout His life, and so His exhortation for perseverance in prayer is particularly exemplary.
In the illustrations and examples Jesus gives, it is mostly petitionary prayers that are considered, when we ask God for what we need, “our daily bread.” Above all, the gift par excellence, the Holy Spirit, is promised for those who ask, seek, and knock.
But it also goes without saying (or actually, it needs to be said!) that you and I can and should extend the call for perseverance to all types of prayer as well, voicing our contrition, thanking God, and praising and adoring Him unceasingly, and praying for others in incessant intercession, and, throughout our lives, listening to God, which also is part of prayer!
Gal 3: 1-5/ Lk 1: 69-70. 71-72. 73-75/ Lk 11: 5-13
From today’s readings: “After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?... Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; He has visited His people.... 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?”
Persevering in Prayer
Perseverance is a key component to success in life, and so, not surprisingly, it’s also an essential part of prayer. Jesus Himself prayed consistently throughout His life, and so His exhortation for perseverance in prayer is particularly exemplary.
In the illustrations and examples Jesus gives, it is mostly petitionary prayers that are considered, when we ask God for what we need, “our daily bread.” Above all, the gift par excellence, the Holy Spirit, is promised for those who ask, seek, and knock.
But it also goes without saying (or actually, it needs to be said!) that you and I can and should extend the call for perseverance to all types of prayer as well, voicing our contrition, thanking God, and praising and adoring Him unceasingly, and praying for others in incessant intercession, and, throughout our lives, listening to God, which also is part of prayer!
posted by FrPitstick | 10/07/2006
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