Perhaps today's Gospel reading does not quite match our
experience. How many times have we asked and not received? How
many times have we knocked and not had the door opened? And yet,
is that really true? How many times has the thing we asked for
not come our way but something else quite different and - after
reflection - much better? Later on, we can come to realise that
even a very painful experience was a grace. The core of today's
reading depends on our belief that God, who loves us so much as
to send His Son to die for us, knows what is really good for us.
And what is good for us - remember when our mothers made us take
nasty-tasting medicine? - may not be something we like or ask
for. Jesus Himself begged with sweat and tears not to have to
suffer. But it was precisely in the acceptance of those
sufferings that God's love for us was revealed. Ultimately, what
we need to ask for is not what we want but for what is good for
us and leave the decision about that to our loving God. And the
best thing of all to ask for is that God's will may become mine
also.
Father, without You we can do nothing. By Your Spirit help us to
know what is right and good and to be eager in doing what You
want.
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DAILY OFFERING
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Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings.
Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage
discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.
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PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
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INTENTION
That, with the committed help of all believers, the
scourge of poverty may come to an end, eliminating the
intolerable social and economic inequality in the world
Elaboration
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